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Document 62020TA0093

    Case T-93/20: Judgment of the General Court of 24 March 2021 — Albert Darboven Holding v EUIPO (WINDSOR-CASTLE) (EU trade mark — Application for EU word mark WINDSOR-CASTLE — Absolute ground for refusal — Distinctiveness — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Laudatory character)

    OJ C 217, 7.6.2021, p. 41–42 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

    7.6.2021   

    EN

    Official Journal of the European Union

    C 217/41


    Judgment of the General Court of 24 March 2021 — Albert Darboven Holding v EUIPO (WINDSOR-CASTLE)

    (Case T-93/20) (1)

    (EU trade mark - Application for EU word mark WINDSOR-CASTLE - Absolute ground for refusal - Distinctiveness - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Laudatory character)

    (2021/C 217/54)

    Language of the case: German

    Parties

    Applicant: Albert Darboven Holding GmbH & Co. KG (Hamburg, Germany) (represented by: A. Thünken, lawyer)

    Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: J. Schäfer, A. Söder and D. Hanf, acting as Agents)

    Re:

    Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 19 December 2019 (Case R 2448/2018-1) relating to an application for registration of the word mark WINDSOR-CASTLE 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 19 December 2019 (Case R 2448/2018-1);

    2.

    Orders EUIPO to pay the costs.


    (1)  OJ C 114, 6.4.2020.


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