Judgment of the General Court of 14 November 2013 – Efag Trade Mark Company v OHIM (FICKEN LIQUORS)

(Case T-54/13) ¹

(Community trade mark – Application for figurative Community trade mark FICKEN LIQUORS – Absolute ground for refusal – Mark contrary to public policy or to accepted principles of morality – Article 7(1)(f) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: Efag Trade Mark Company GmbH & Co. KG (Schemmerhofen, Germany) (represented by: M. Wekwerth, lawyer)

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

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 15 November 2012 (Case R 2544/2011-1) concerning an application for registration of the figurative mark FICKEN LIQUORS as a Community trade mark

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.    Dismisses the action;

2.    Order Efag Trade Mark Company GmbH & Co. KG to pay the costs.

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¹     OJ C 101, 6.4.2013.