CELEX: 62018TA0650
Language: en
Date: 2019-09-20 00:00:00
Title: Case T-650/18: Judgment of the General Court of 20 September 2019 — Reaktor Group v EUIPO (REAKTOR) (EU trade mark — Application for EU word mark REAKTOR — Absolute grounds for refusal — Lack of descriptive character — Distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Direct and specific relationship with the goods and services covered by the trade mark application)

9.12.2019   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 413/52
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 20 September 2019 — Reaktor Group v EUIPO (REAKTOR)
      (Case T-650/18) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Application for EU word mark REAKTOR - Absolute grounds for refusal - Lack of descriptive character - Distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Direct and specific relationship with the goods and services covered by the trade mark application)
      (2019/C 413/62)
      Language of the case: Finnish
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Reaktor Group Oy (Helsinki, Finland) (represented by L. Laaksonen, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: K. Kompari, acting as Agent)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 27 August 2018 (Case R 2626/2017-2), relating to an application for registration of the word sign REAKTOR as an EU trade mark.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  
                     Annuls the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 27 August 2018 (Case R 2626/2017-2) in so far as, by that decision, the Board of Appeal dismissed the applicant’s action on the basis of Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation 2017/1001;
                  
               
            
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                     Orders EUIPO to pay the costs, including the unavoidable costs incurred by Reaktor Group Oy for the purposes of the proceedings before the Board of Appeal.
                  
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 16, 14.1.2019.