Judgment of the General Court of 17 October 2018 — Weber-Stephen Products v EUIPO (iGrill)

(Case T-822/17) (1)

((EU trade mark - Application for the EU word mark iGrill - Absolute ground for refusal - Descriptive character - Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)))

(2018/C 436/70)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Weber-Stephen Products LLC (Palatine, Illinois, United States) (represented by: R. Niebel and A. Jauch, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: M. Rajh, Agent)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 27 September 2017 (Case R 579/2017-2), relating to an application for registration of the word sign iGrill as an EU trade mark.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.	Dismisses the action;

2.	Orders Weber-Stephen Products LLC to pay the costs.

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(1)  OJ C 63, 19.2.2018.