CELEX: 62019TA0298
Language: en
Date: 2021-11-17 00:00:00
Title: Case T-298/19: Judgment of the General Court of 17 November 2021 — Think Schuhwerk v EUIPO (Representation of red shoe lace aglets) (EU Trade Mark — Application for a figurative EU trade mark representing red shoe lace aglets — Rejection of application — Absolute grounds for refusal — No distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Essentially identical previous application — No res judicata — Obligation to state reasons — Right to be heard — Article 94(1) of Regulation 2017/1001 — Examination of the facts by EUIPO of its own motion — Article 95 of Regulation 2017/1001)

17.1.2022   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 24/27
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 17 November 2021 — Think Schuhwerk v EUIPO (Representation of red shoe lace aglets)
      (Case T-298/19) (1)
      
      (EU Trade Mark - Application for a figurative EU trade mark representing red shoe lace aglets - Rejection of application - Absolute grounds for refusal - No distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Essentially identical previous application - No res judicata - Obligation to state reasons - Right to be heard - Article 94(1) of Regulation 2017/1001 - Examination of the facts by EUIPO of its own motion - Article 95 of Regulation 2017/1001)
      (2022/C 24/33)
      Language of the case: German
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Think Schuhwerk GmbH (Kopfing, Austria) (represented by: M. Gail, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: D. Walicka, S. Hanne and M. Eberl, acting as Agents)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 1 March 2019 (Case R 1170/2018-5), concerning an application for registration of a figurative sign representing red shoe lace aglets as an EU trade mark.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders Think Schuhwerk GmbH to pay the costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 220, 1.7.2019.