CELEX: 62015TA0374
Language: en
Date: 2017-09-07 00:00:00
Title: Case T-374/15: Judgment of the General Court of 7 September 2017 — VM Vermogens-Management v EUIPO — DAT Vermögensmanagement (Vermögensmanufaktur) (European Union trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU word mark Vermögensmanufaktur — Absolute grounds for refusal — Descriptive character — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Article 52(1)(a) of Regulation No 207/2009)

23.10.2017   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 357/9
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 7 September 2017 — VM Vermogens-Management v EUIPO — DAT Vermögensmanagement (Vermögensmanufaktur)
   (Case T-374/15) (1)
   
   ((European Union trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU word mark Vermögensmanufaktur - Absolute grounds for refusal - Descriptive character - Lack of distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Article 52(1)(a) of Regulation No 207/2009))
   (2017/C 357/11)
   Language of the case: German
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: VM Vermögens-Management GmbH (Düsseldorf, Germany) (represented by: T. Dolde and P. Homann, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: S. Hanne, acting as Agent)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: DAT Vermögensmanagement GmbH (Baldham, Germany) (represented by: H.-G. Stache, lawyer)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 29 April 2015 (Case R 418/2014–5), relating to invalidity proceedings between DAT Vermögensmanagement and VM Vermögens-Management.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders VM Vermögens-Management GmbH to bear its own costs and those incurred by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) as well;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders DAT Vermögensmanagement GmbH to bear its own costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 302, 14.9.2015.