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Document 62015TA0699

Case T-699/15: Judgment of the General Court of 21 June 2017 — City Train v EUIPO (CityTrain) (EU trade mark — Application for EU figurative mark CityTrain — Procedural time limit — Unforeseeable circumstances — Absolute grounds for refusal — Descriptive character — Lack of distinctiveness — Article 7(1)(b) and (c) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

OJ C 256, 7.8.2017, p. 21–22 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

7.8.2017   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 256/21


Judgment of the General Court of 21 June 2017 — City Train v EUIPO (CityTrain)

(Case T-699/15) (1)

((EU trade mark - Application for EU figurative mark CityTrain - Procedural time limit - Unforeseeable circumstances - Absolute grounds for refusal - Descriptive character - Lack of distinctiveness - Article 7(1)(b) and (c) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))

(2017/C 256/22)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: City Train GmbH (Regensburg, Germany) (represented by: C. Adori, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: H. Kunz, acting as Agent)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 9 September 2015 (Case R 843/2015-4) concerning an application for registration of figurative sign CityTrain as an EU trade mark.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Dismisses the action;

2.

Orders City Train GmbH to pay the costs.


(1)  OJ C 111, 29.3.2016.


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