Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 25 January 2018

SilverTours GmbH v European Union Intellectual Property Office

EU trade mark — Application for the EU word mark billiger-mietwagen.de — Absolute ground for refusal — Descriptiveness — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

Case T-866/16


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
23/02/2018 SilverTours v EUIPO (billiger-mietwagen.de)
Judgment
ECLI:EU:T:2018:32
25/01/2018 SilverTours v EUIPO (billiger-mietwagen.de)
Judgment (Information)
ECLI:EU:T:2018:32
25/01/2018 SilverTours v EUIPO (billiger-mietwagen.de)
Application (OJ)
03/02/2017 SilverTours v EUIPO (billiger-mietwagen.de)
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Reports of Cases

published in the electronic Reports of Cases (Court Reports - general - 'Information on unpublished decisions' section)

Subject-matter

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Systematic classification scheme

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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.03 European Union trade mark
      4.11.03.04 Procedure and legal proceedings
        4.11.03.04.04 Procedure
          4.11.03.04.04.05 Examination of the facts by the Office of its own motion
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.03 European Union trade mark
      4.11.03.01 Absolute grounds for refusal
        4.11.03.01.03 Descriptive marks
          4.11.03.01.03.02 Need to preserve availability
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.03 European Union trade mark
      4.11.03.01 Absolute grounds for refusal
        4.11.03.01.03 Descriptive marks
          4.11.03.01.03.01 Concept and criteria for assessment
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.03 European Union trade mark
      4.11.03.01 Absolute grounds for refusal
        4.11.03.01.13 Signs examined
          4.11.03.01.13.03 Descriptive marks
            4.11.03.01.13.03.01 Word marks
3 Legal proceedings
  3.08 Procedural rules
    3.08.04 Subject-matter, form of order sought and pleas in law
      3.08.04.01 Formal requirements


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References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

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Opinion

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Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 22/12/2016

Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

25/01/2018


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 94 from 12.03.2018, p.23

Application: OJ C 53 from 20.02.2017, p.33

Name of the parties

SilverTours v EUIPO (billiger-mietwagen.de)

Notes on Academic Writings

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Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

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Subject-matter

  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  • - Trade marks

Provisions of national law referred to

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Provisions of international law referred to

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Procedure and result

  • Actions for annulment : dismissal on substantive grounds

Formation of the Court

septième chambre (Tribunal)

Judge-Rapporteur

Marcoulli

Advocate General

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Language(s) of the Case

  • German

Language(s) of the Opinion

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