CELEX: 62016TA0163
Language: en
Date: 2017-05-18 00:00:00
Title: Case T-163/16: Judgment of the General Court of 18 May 2017 — Reisswolf v EUIPO (secret.service.) (EU trade mark — Application for EU word mark secret.service. — Absolute ground for refusal — Descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Examination of the facts by EUIPO of its own motion — Article 76 of Regulation No 207/2009 — Duty to state reasons — Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009)

10.7.2017   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 221/20
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 18 May 2017 — Reisswolf v EUIPO (secret.service.)
   (Case T-163/16) (1)
   
   ((EU trade mark - Application for EU word mark secret.service. - Absolute ground for refusal - Descriptive character - Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Examination of the facts by EUIPO of its own motion - Article 76 of Regulation No 207/2009 - Duty to state reasons - Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009))
   (2017/C 221/26)
   Language of the case: German
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Reisswolf Akten- und Datenvernichtung GmbH & Co. KG (Hamburg, Germany) (represented by: A. Ebert-Weidenfeller, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: S. Hanne, acting as Agent)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 8 February 2016 (Case R 1820/2015-4) concerning an application for registration of the word sign secret.service. as an EU trade mark.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Reisswolf Akten- und Datenvernichtung GmbH & Co. KG to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 200, 6.6.2016.