Judgment of the General Court of 29 January 2015 — Blackrock v OHIM (INVESTING FOR A NEW WORLD)

(Case T-59/14) ¹

(Community trade mark — Application for the Community word mark INVESTING FOR A NEW WORLD — Mark consisting of an advertising slogan — Absolute ground for refusal — No distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Blackrock, Inc. (Wilmington, Delaware, United States) (represented by: S. Malynicz, Barrister, and K. Gilbert and M. Blair, Solicitors)

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

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 31 October 2013 (Case R 573/2013-1), concerning an application for registration of the word sign INVESTING FOR A NEW WORLD as a Community trade mark.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.    Dismisses the action;

2.    Orders Blackrock, Inc. to pay the costs.

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¹     OJ C 129, 28.4.2014.