CELEX: 62016TA0037
Language: en
Date: 2016-10-27 00:00:00
Title: Case T-37/16: Judgment of the General Court of 27 October 2016 — Caffè Nero Group v EUIPO (CAFFÈ NERO) (EU trade mark — Application for the EU figurative mark CAFFÈ NERO — Absolute grounds for refusal — No distinctive character — Descriptiveness — Mark of such a nature as to deceive the public — Article 7(1)(b), (c) and (g) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

12.12.2016   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 462/23
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 27 October 2016 — Caffè Nero Group v EUIPO (CAFFÈ NERO)
   (Case T-37/16) (1)
   
   ((EU trade mark - Application for the EU figurative mark CAFFÈ NERO - Absolute grounds for refusal - No distinctive character - Descriptiveness - Mark of such a nature as to deceive the public - Article 7(1)(b), (c) and (g) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
   (2016/C 462/29)
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Caffè Nero Group Ltd (London, United Kingdom) (represented by: L. Cassidy, Solicitor)
   
      Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: M. Rajh, acting as Agent)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 6 November 2015 (Case R 954/2015-1), relating to the application for registration of the figurative sign CAFFÈ NERO as an EU trade mark.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Caffè Nero Group Ltd to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 106, 21.3.2016.