CELEX: 62020TA0489
Language: en
Date: 2021-09-08 00:00:00
Title: Case T-489/20: Judgment of the General Court of 8 September 2021 — Eos Products v EUIPO (Shape of a spherical container) (EU trade mark — Application for a three-dimensional EU trade mark — Shape of a spherical container — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of distinctiveness — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2007/1001))

25.10.2021   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 431/34
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 8 September 2021 — Eos Products v EUIPO (Shape of a spherical container)
      (Case T-489/20) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Application for a three-dimensional EU trade mark - Shape of a spherical container - Absolute ground for refusal - Lack of distinctiveness - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2007/1001))
      (2021/C 431/40)
      Language of the case: German
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Eos Products Sàrl (Luxembourg, Luxembourg) (represented by: S. Stolzenburg-Wiemer, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: D. Walicka and M. Eberl, acting as Agents)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 8 June 2020 (Case R 2017/2019-4), relating to an application for registration of a three-dimensional sign constituted by the shape of a spherical container as an EU trade mark.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders Eos Products Sàrl to pay the costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 313, 21.9.2020.