Judgment of the General Court of 10 September 2015 — EE v OHIM (Representation of white dots on a blue background)

(Case T-94/14) ¹

(Community trade mark — Application for a Community figurative mark representing white dots on a blue background — Absolute ground for refusal — No distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: EE Ltd (Hatfield, United Kingdom) (represented by: P. Brownlow, Solicitor)

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

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 20 November 2013 (Case R 495/2013-1) relating to an application for registration as a Community trade mark of a figurative sign representing white dots on a blue background.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.    Dismisses the action;

2.    Orders EE Ltd to pay the costs.

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¹     OJ C 135, 5.5.2014.