CELEX: 62018TA0487
Language: en
Date: 2020-02-11 00:00:00
Title: Case T-487/18: Judgment of the General Court of 11 February 2020 — Stada Arzneimittel AG v EUIPO (ViruProtect) (EU trade mark — Application for EU word mark ViruProtect — Absolute ground for refusal — Descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Duty to state reasons)

23.3.2020   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 95/24
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 11 February 2020 — Stada Arzneimittel AG v EUIPO (ViruProtect)
      (Case T-487/18) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Application for EU word mark ViruProtect - Absolute ground for refusal - Descriptive character - Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) - Duty to state reasons)
      (2020/C 95/29)
      Language of the case: German
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Stada Arzneimittel AG (Bad Vilbel, Germany) (represented by: J.-C. Plate and R. Kaase, lawyers)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: S. Hanne, lawyer)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 4 June 2018 (Case R 1886/2017-5), relating to an application for registration of the word sign ViruProtect as an EU trade mark.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders Stada Arzneimittel AG to pay the costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 352, 1.10.2018.