CELEX: 62015TA0056
Language: en
Date: 2016-10-18 00:00:00
Title: Case T-56/15: Judgment of the General Court of 18 October 2016 — Raimund Schmitt Verpachtungsgesellschaft v EUIPO (BRAUWELT) (EU trade mark — Application for European Union word mark BRAUWELT — Absolute grounds for refusal — Descriptive character — No distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Distinctive character acquired through use — Article 7(3) of Regulation No 207/2009 — Right to be heard — Obligation to state reasons — Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009)

28.11.2016   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 441/18
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 18 October 2016 — Raimund Schmitt Verpachtungsgesellschaft v EUIPO (BRAUWELT)
      (Case T-56/15) (1)
      
      ((EU trade mark - Application for European Union word mark BRAUWELT - Absolute grounds for refusal - Descriptive character - No distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Distinctive character acquired through use - Article 7(3) of Regulation No 207/2009 - Right to be heard - Obligation to state reasons - Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009))
      (2016/C 441/22)
      Language of the case: German
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Raimund Schmitt Verpachtungsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG (Nuremberg, Germany) (represented by: M. Höfler, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: A. Schifko, acting as Agent)
      
         Re:
      
      Action against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 4 December 2014 (Case R 1121/2014-4), concerning an application for registration of the word sign BRAUWELT as a European Union trade mark.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders Raimund Schmitt Verpachtungsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG to pay the costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 118, 13.4.2015.