Order of the General Court of 22 January 2015 — GEA Group AG v OHIM (engineering for a better world)

(Case T-488/13) ¹

(Community trade mark — Time-limit for instituting proceedings — Point from which time starts to run — Notification of the decision of the Board of Appeal by fax — Receipt of the fax — Lateness — No force majeure or unforeseeable circumstances — Manifest inadmissibility)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: GEA Group AG (Düsseldorf, Germany) (represented by: J. Schneiders, lawyer)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: initially by A. Pohlmann, and subsequently by S. Hanne, Agents)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 21 March 2013 (Case R 935/2012-4), concerning an application for registration of the word sign ‘engineering for a better world’ as a Community trade mark.

Operative part of the order

1.    The action is dismissed.

2.    GEA Group AG shall bear the costs.

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¹     OJ C 352, 30.11.2013.