29.3.2014
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
C 93/22
Judgment of the General Court of 12 February 2014 — Oetker Nahrungsmittel v OHIM (La qualité est la meilleure des recettes)
(Case T-570/11) (1)
(Community trade mark - Application for Community word mark La qualité est la meilleure des recettes - Mark constituted by an advertising slogan - Absolute ground for refusal - Lack of distinctiveness - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
2014/C 93/36
Language of the case: German
Parties
Applicant: Dr. August Oetker Nahrungsmittel KG (Bielefeld, Germany) (represented by: F. Graf von Stosch, lawyer)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: K. Klüpfel and A. Schifko, acting as Agents)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Grand Board of Appeal of OHIM of 8 July 2011 (Case R 1798/2010-G) concerning an application for registration of word sign La qualité est la meilleure des recettes as a Community trade mark.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1.
Dismisses the action;
2.
Orders Dr. August Oetker Nahrungsmittel KG to pay the costs.
(1) OJ C 13, 14.1.2012.
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