Judgment of the General Court of 25 November 2015 — bd breyton-design v OHIM (RACE GTP)

(Case T-520/14) ¹

(Community trade mark — Application for Community word mark RACE GTP — Absolute ground for refusal — Descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: bd breyton-design GmbH (Stockach, Germany) (represented by: T Raab and H. Lauf, lawyers)

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

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 27 March 2014 (Case R 1230/2013-1) concerning an application for registration of the word sign RACE GTP as a Community trade mark.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.    Dismisses the action;

2.    Orders bd breyton-design GmbH to pay the costs.

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¹     OJ C 303, 8.9.2014.