Judgment of the General Court of 23 May 2019 — Arçelik v EUIPO (MicroGarden)

(Case T-364/18) ¹

(EU trade mark — Application for the EU word mark MicroGarden — Absolute ground for refusal — Descriptiveness — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Arçelik AS (Istanbul, Turkey) (represented by: A. Franke and E. Flach, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: E. Sliwinska, S. Palmero Cabezas and H. O’Neill, acting as Agents)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 4 April 2018 (Case R 163/2018-2), relating to an application for registration of the word sign MicroGarden as an EU trade mark.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.    Dismisses the action;

2.    Orders Arçelik AS to pay the costs.

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¹     OJ C 268, 30.7.2018.