CELEX: 62019TA0175
Language: en
Date: 2019-12-19 00:00:00
Title: Case T-175/19: Judgment of the General Court of 19 December 2019 — Vereinigung der Bayerischen Wirtschaft v EUIPO (eVoter) (EU trade mark — Application for EU word mark eVoter — Absolute grounds for refusal — Descriptive character — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

24.2.2020   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 61/36
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 19 December 2019 — Vereinigung der Bayerischen Wirtschaft v EUIPO (eVoter)
      (Case T-175/19) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Application for EU word mark eVoter - Absolute grounds for refusal - Descriptive character - Lack of distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
      (2020/C 61/44)
      Language of the case: German
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Vereinigung der Bayerischen Wirtschaft eV (Munich, Germany) (represented by: L. Genz, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: M. Eberl and A. Söder, acting as Agents)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 11 January 2019 (Case R 1983/2018-5) relating to an application for registration of the word sign eVoter as an EU trade mark.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  
                     Dismisses the action;
                  
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  
                     Orders Vereinigung der Bayerischen Wirtschaft eV to pay the costs.
                  
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 164, 13.5.2019.