Judgment of the General Court of 28 April 2015 — Volkswagen v OHIM (EXTRA)

(Case T-216/14) ¹

(Community trade mark — Application for Community word mark EXTRA — Mark comprised of an advertising slogan — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of 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 and J. Eberhardt, lawyers)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: initially M. Fischer, then A. Schifko, agents)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 6 February 2014 (Case R 1788/2013-1) relating to the application for registration of the word sign EXTRA as a Community trade mark.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.    Dismisses the appeal;

2.    Orders Volkswagen AG to pay the costs.

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¹     OJ C 194, 24.6.2014.