CELEX: 62019TA0668
Language: en
Date: 2021-07-07 00:00:00
Title: Case T-668/19: Judgment of the General Court of 7 July 2021 — Ardagh Metal Beverage Holdings v EUIPO (Combination of sounds on opening a can of soft drink) (EU trade mark — Application for an EU trade mark consisting of a combination of sounds on opening a can of soft drink — Absolute ground for refusal — No distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Article 95(1) of Regulation 2017/1001)

16.8.2021   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 329/20
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 7 July 2021 — Ardagh Metal Beverage Holdings v EUIPO (Combination of sounds on opening a can of soft drink)
      (Case T-668/19) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Application for an EU trade mark consisting of a combination of sounds on opening a can of soft drink - Absolute ground for refusal - No distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Article 95(1) of Regulation 2017/1001)
      (2021/C 329/25)
      Language of the case: German
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Ardagh Metal Beverage Holdings GmbH & Co. KG (Bonn, Germany) (represented by: S. Abrar, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: M. Fischer, D. Hanf and D. Walicka, acting as Agents)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 24 July 2019 (Case R 530/2019-2), concerning an application for registration of a combination of sounds on opening a can of soft drink as an EU trade mark.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) to bear its own costs incurred before the General Court;
               
            
                  3.
               
               
                  Orders Ardagh Metal Beverage Holdings GmbH & Co. KG to bear its own costs incurred before the General Court and the expenses necessarily incurred for the purpose of the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 399, 25.11.2019.