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Document 62016TJ0789

Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 21 September 2017.
InvoiceAuction B2B GmbH v European Union Intellectual Property Office.
EU trade mark — Application for the figurative EU trade mark INVOICE AUCTION — Absolute ground for refusal — Descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009.
Case T-789/16.

Court reports – general – 'Information on unpublished decisions' section

Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 21 September 2017 — InvoiceAuction B2B v EUIPO (INVOICE AUCTION)

(Case T‑789/16)

(EU trade mark — Application for the figurative EU trade mark INVOICE AUCTION — Absolute ground for refusal — Descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

1. 

EU trade mark—Definition and acquisition of the EU trade mark—Absolute grounds for refusal—Marks composed exclusively of signs or indications capable of designating the characteristics of a product or service—Concept

(Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 7(1)(c))

(see paras 30, 31)

2. 

EU trade mark—Definition and acquisition of the EU trade mark—Absolute grounds for refusal—Marks composed exclusively of signs or indications capable of designating the characteristics of a product or service—Assessment of the descriptive nature of a sign—Criteria

(Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 7(1)(c))

(see para. 32)

3. 

EU trade mark—Definition and acquisition of the EU trade mark—Absolute grounds for refusal—Marks composed exclusively of signs or indications capable of designating the characteristics of a product or service—Figurative mark INVOICE AUCTION

(Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 7(1)(c))

(see paras 33, 35-45)

Re:

ACTION brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 3 August 2016 (Case R 2201/2015-1), relating to the application for registration of the figurative sign INVOICE AUCTION as an EU trade mark.

Operative part

The Court:

1.

Dismisses the action;

2.

Orders InvoiceAuction B2B GmbH to pay the costs.
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