CELEX: 62016TA0130
Language: en
Date: 2017-01-31 00:00:00
Title: Case T-130/16: Judgment of the General Court of 31 January 2017 — Coesia v EUIPO (Representation of two red oblique curves) (EU trade mark — Application for registration of an EU figurative mark representing two red oblique curves — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Obligation to assess the distinctiveness of a mark by reference to the perception which the relevant public has of it)

13.3.2017   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 78/30
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 31 January 2017 — Coesia v EUIPO (Representation of two red oblique curves)
   (Case T-130/16) (1)
   
   ((EU trade mark - Application for registration of an EU figurative mark representing two red oblique curves - Lack of distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Obligation to assess the distinctiveness of a mark by reference to the perception which the relevant public has of it))
   (2017/C 078/41)
   Language of the case: Italian
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Coesia SpA (Bologna, Italy) (represented by: S. Rizzo, Agent)
   
      Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: L. Rampini, Agent)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 26 January 2016 (Case R 1933/2015-2) concerning an application for registration of a figurative sign representing two red oblique curves.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Annuls the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 26 January 2016 (Case R 1933/2015-2);
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders EUIPO to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 165, 10.5.2016.