CELEX: 62017TA0832
Language: en
Date: 2019-01-10 00:00:00
Title: Case T-832/17: Judgment of the General Court of 10 January 2019 — achtung! v EUIPO (achtung!) (EU trade mark — International registration designating the European Union — Figurative mark achtung! — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

11.3.2019   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 93/57
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 10 January 2019 — achtung! v EUIPO (achtung!)
      (Case T-832/17) (1)
      
      ((EU trade mark - International registration designating the European Union - Figurative mark achtung! - Absolute ground for refusal - Lack of distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))
      (2019/C 93/73)
      Language of the case: German
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: achtung! GmbH (Hamburg, Germany) (represented by: G. Seelig and D. Bischof, lawyers)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: initially A. Söder, J. Schäfer and D. Walicka, and subsequently A. Söder, J. Schäfer and H. O’Neill, acting as Agents)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 23 October 2017 (Case R 490/2017-4), relating to the international registration designating the European Union in respect of the figurative mark achtung!.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders achtung! GmbH to pay the costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 63, 19.2.2018.