CELEX: 62018TA0009
Language: en
Date: 2018-11-22 00:00:00
Title: Case T-9/18: Judgment of the General Court of 22 November 2018 — Addiko Bank v EUIPO (STRAIGHTFORWARD BANKING) (EU trade mark — Application for the EU work mark STRAIGHTFORWARD BANKING — Absolute ground for refusal — Descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

4.2.2019   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 44/45
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 22 November 2018 — Addiko Bank v EUIPO (STRAIGHTFORWARD BANKING)
      (Case T-9/18) (1)
      
      ((EU trade mark - Application for the EU work mark STRAIGHTFORWARD BANKING - Absolute ground for refusal - Descriptive character - Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))
      (2019/C 44/57)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Addiko Bank AG (Vienna, Austria) (represented by: A. Seling, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: A. Folliard-Monguiral and D. Walicka, acting as Agents)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 25 October 2017 (Case R 1090/2017-2), relating to an application for registration of the word sign STRAIGHTFORWARD BANKING as an EU trade mark.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders Addiko Bank AG to pay the costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 72, 26.2.2018.