10.8.2015   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 262/22


Judgment of the General Court of 16 June 2015 — Gako Konietzko v OHIM (Shape of a cylindrical container in red and white)

(Case T-654/13) (1)

((Community trade mark - Application for three-dimensional Community trade mark - Shape of a cylindrical container in red and white - Absolute ground for refusal - Lack of distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))

(2015/C 262/28)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: Gako Konietzko GmbH (Bamberg, Germany) (represented by: S. Reinhardt, lawyer)

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

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 19 September 2013 (Case R 2232/2012-1), concerning an application for registration of a three-dimensional sign consisting of the shape of a cylindrical container in red and white as a Community trade mark.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Dismisses the action;

2.

Orders Gako Konietzko GmbH to pay the costs.


(1)  OJ C 39, 8.2.2014.