Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 24 April 2018.#VSM . Vereinigte Schmirgel- und Maschinen-Fabriken AG v European Union Intellectual Property Office.#European Union trade mark — Application for EU word mark WE KNOW ABRASIVES — Mark consisting of an advertising slogan — Competence of the Board of Appeal in appeals limited to part of the services covered by the application for registration — Article 64(1) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 71(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of distinctiveness — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation 2017/1001).#Case T-297/17.

Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 24 April 2018.
VSM . Vereinigte Schmirgel- und Maschinen-Fabriken AG v European Union Intellectual Property Office.
European Union trade mark — Application for EU word mark WE KNOW ABRASIVES — Mark consisting of an advertising slogan — Competence of the Board of Appeal in appeals limited to part of the services covered by the application for registration — Article 64(1) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 71(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of distinctiveness — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation 2017/1001).
Case T-297/17.

Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 24 April 2018.
VSM . Vereinigte Schmirgel- und Maschinen-Fabriken AG v European Union Intellectual Property Office.
European Union trade mark — Application for EU word mark WE KNOW ABRASIVES — Mark consisting of an advertising slogan — Competence of the Board of Appeal in appeals limited to part of the services covered by the application for registration — Article 64(1) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 71(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of distinctiveness — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation 2017/1001).
Case T-297/17.

ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:T:2018:217