Judgment of the General Court of 14 July 2015 — Genossenschaftskellerei Rosswag-Mühlhausen v OHIM (Lembergerland)

(Case T-55/14) ¹

(Community trade mark — Application for Community word mark Lembergerland — Absolute ground for refusal — Trade mark for wine containing geographical indications — Article 7(1)(j) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: Genossenschaftskellerei Rosswag-Mühlhausen eG (Vaihingen an der Enz, Germany) (represented by: H. Steffan, lawyer)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: A. Poch, acting as Agent)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 14 November 2013 (Case R 566/2013-1), concerning an application for registration of the word sign Lembergerland as a Community trade mark.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.    Dismisses the action;

2.    Orders Genossenschaftskellerei Rosswag-Mühlhausen eG to pay the costs.

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¹     OJ C 78, 15.3.2014.