CELEX: 62015TA0032
Language: en
Date: 2016-05-12 00:00:00
Title: Case T-32/15: Judgment of the General Court of 12 May 2016 — GRE v EUIPO (Mark1) (EU trade mark — Application for EU figurative mark Mark1 — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

27.6.2016   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 232/17
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 12 May 2016 — GRE v EUIPO (Mark1)
   (Case T-32/15) (1)
   
   ((EU trade mark - Application for EU figurative mark Mark1 - Absolute ground for refusal - Lack of distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
   (2016/C 232/22)
   Language of the case: German
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: GRE Grand River Enterprises Deutschland GmbH (Kloster Lehnin, Germany) (represented by: I. Memmler and S. Schulz, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) (represented by: D. Walicka, acting as Agent)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 29 October 2014 (Case R 647/2014-1) concerning an application for registration of the figurative sign Mark1 as an EU trade mark.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders GRE Grand River Enterprises Deutschland GmbH to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO).
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 89, 16.3.2015.