CELEX: 62017TA0187
Language: en
Date: 2018-05-04 00:00:00
Title: Case T-187/17: Judgment of the General Court of 4 May 2018 — Bernard Krone Holding v EUIPO (Mega Liner) (EU trade mark — Application for EU word mark Mega Liner — Absolute grounds for refusal — Descriptive character — No distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Obligation to state reasons — Article 75, first sentence, of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 94(1) of Regulation 2017/1001))

201806080371931252018/C 221/241872017TC22120180625EN01ENINFO_JUDICIAL20180504212111Case T-187/17: Judgment of the General Court of 4 May 2018 — Bernard Krone Holding v EUIPO (Mega Liner) (EU trade mark — Application for EU word mark Mega Liner — Absolute grounds for refusal — Descriptive character — No distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Obligation to state reasons — Article 75, first sentence, of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 94(1) of Regulation 2017/1001))
 ---documentbreak--- C2212018EN2110120180504EN0024211211Judgment of the General Court of 4 May 2018 — Bernard Krone Holding v EUIPO (Mega Liner)
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   ‛(EU trade mark — Application for EU word mark Mega Liner — Absolute grounds for refusal — Descriptive character — No distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Obligation to state reasons — Article 75, first sentence, of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 94(1) of Regulation 2017/1001))’2018/C 221/24Language of the case: German
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Bernard Krone Holding SE & Co. KG (Spelle, Germany) (represented by: T. Weeg and K. Lüken, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: M. Fischer and W. Schramek, acting as Agents)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 9 January 2017 (Case R 442/2016-1) concerning an application for registration of the word mark Mega Liner as an EU trade mark.
   
      Operative part of the order
   
   The Court:
   
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            Annuls paragraph 2 of the operative part of the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 9 January 2017 (Case R 442/2016–1);
         
      
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            Orders EUIPO to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Bernard Krone Holding SE & Co. KG in the proceedings before the General Court.
         
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      )	OJ C 161, 22.5.2017.