25.1.2021   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 28/48


Judgment of the General Court of 2 December 2020 — BSH Hausgeräte v EUIPO (Home Connect)

(Case T-152/20) (1)

(EU trade mark - Application for EU figurative mark Home Connect - Absolute grounds for refusal - Descriptive character - Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Sufficiently direct and specific relationship with the goods covered by the trade mark application - No distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation 2017/1001)

(2021/C 28/73)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH (Munich, Germany) (represented by: S. Biagosch, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: D. Walicka, Agent)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 10 January 2020 (Case R 1751/2019-5), concerning an application for registration of the figurative sign Home Connect as an EU trade mark.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Dismisses the action;

2.

Orders BSH Hausgeräte GmbH to pay the costs.


(1)  OJ C 191, 8.6.2020.