CELEX: 62017TA0736
Language: en
Date: 2018-10-04 00:00:00
Title: Case T-736/17: Judgment of the General Court of 4 October 2018 — Lincoln Global v EUIPO (FLEXCUT) (EU trade mark — Application for EU word mark FLEXCUT — Absolute ground for refusal — Descriptiveness — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))

26.11.2018   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 427/63
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 4 October 2018 — Lincoln Global v EUIPO (FLEXCUT)
      (Case T-736/17) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Application for EU word mark FLEXCUT - Absolute ground for refusal - Descriptiveness - Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))
      (2018/C 427/83)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Lincoln Global, Inc. (Santa Fe Springs, California, United States) (represented by: K. Piepenbrink, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: J. Ivanauskas and D. Walicka, acting as Agents)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 30 August 2017 (Case R 2225/2016-4), relating to the application for registration of the word sign FLEXCUT as an EU trade mark.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders Lincoln Global, Inc., to pay the costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 13, 15.1.2018.