CELEX: 62020TA0481
Language: en
Date: 2021-06-16 00:00:00
Title: Case T-481/20: Judgment of the General Court of 16 June 2021 — Magnetec v EUIPO (CoolTUBE) (EU trade mark — Application for the EU word mark CoolTUBE — Absolute ground for refusal — Distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

2.8.2021   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 310/26
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 16 June 2021 — Magnetec v EUIPO (CoolTUBE)
      (Case T-481/20) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Application for the EU word mark CoolTUBE - Absolute ground for refusal - Distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
      (2021/C 310/33)
      Language of the case: German
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Magnetec — Gesellschaft für Magnettechnologie mbH (Langenselbold, Germany) (represented by: M. Kloth, R. Briske and D. Habel, lawyers)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: A. Söder, acting as Agent)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 15 May 2020 (Case R 1755/2019-1), concerning an application for registration of the word sign CoolTUBE as an EU trade mark.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Annuls the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 15 May 2020 (Case R 1755/2019-1);
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders EUIPO to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Magnetec — Gesellschaft für Magnettechnologie mbH, including the costs necessarily incurred for the purposes of the appeal proceedings before the Board of Appeal.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 304, 14.9.2020.