CELEX: 62018TA0427
Language: en
Date: 2019-01-31 00:00:00
Title: Case T-427/18: Judgment of the General Court of 31 January 2019 — Geske v EUIPO (SATISFYERMEN) (EU trade mark — Application for the EU figurative mark SATISFYERMEN — Absolute grounds for refusal — Descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — No distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Duty to state reasons — First sentence of Article 94 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

18.3.2019   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 103/42
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 31 January 2019 — Geske v EUIPO (SATISFYERMEN)
      (Case T-427/18) (1)
      
      ((EU trade mark - Application for the EU figurative mark SATISFYERMEN - Absolute grounds for refusal - Descriptive character - Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - No distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Duty to state reasons - First sentence of Article 94 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))
      (2019/C 103/56)
      Language of the case: German
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: André Geske (Lübbecke, Germany) (represented by: R. Albrecht, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: A. Sesma Merino and S. Hanne, Agents)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 10 May 2018 (Case R 2603/2017-1), relating to the application for registration of the figurative mark SATISFYERMEN as an EU trade mark.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders Mr André Geske to pay the costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 301, 27.8.2018.