CELEX: 62015TA0612
Language: en
Date: 2017-07-20 00:00:00
Title: Case T-612/15: Judgment of the General Court of 20 July 2017 — Basic Net v EUIPO (Representation of three vertical stripes) (European Union trade mark — Application for an EU figurative mark representing three vertical stripes — Absolute ground for refusal — Not distinctive — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — No distinctive character acquired through use — Article 7(3) of Regulation No 207/2009)

28.8.2017   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 283/34
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 20 July 2017 — Basic Net v EUIPO (Representation of three vertical stripes)
   (Case T-612/15) (1)
   
   ((European Union trade mark - Application for an EU figurative mark representing three vertical stripes - Absolute ground for refusal - Not distinctive - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - No distinctive character acquired through use - Article 7(3) of Regulation No 207/2009))
   (2017/C 283/50)
   Language of the case: Italian
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Basic Net SpA (Turin, Italy) (represented by: D. Sindico, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: L. Rampini, acting as Agent)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 14 August 2015 (Case R 2845/2014-1) concerning an application for registration of a figurative sign representing three vertical stripes as an EU trade mark.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Basic Net SpA to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 7, 11.1.2016.