Judgment of the General Court of 17 September 2015 — Volkswagen v OHIM (COMPETITION)

(Case T-550/14) ¹

(Community trade mark — Application for the Community word mark COMPETITION — Absolute ground for refusal — No distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: Volkswagen AG (Wolfsburg, Germany) (represented by: U. Sander, lawyer)

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

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 15 May 2014 (Case R 2082/2013-1) concerning an application for registration of the word sign COMPETITION as a Community trade mark.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.    Dismisses the action;

2.    Orders Volkswagen AG to pay the costs.

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¹     OJ C 329, 22.9.2014.