2.5.2016
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
C 156/38
Judgment of the General Court of 18 March 2016 — Grupo Bimbo v OHIM (BIMBO)
(Case T-33/15) (1)
((Community trade mark - Application for Community word mark BIMBO - Absolute grounds for refusal - Absence of distinctive character - Descriptive character - Article 7(1)(b) and (c) and 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
(2016/C 156/50)
Language of the case: Spanish
Parties
Applicant: Grupo Bimbo, SAB de CV (Mexico City, Mexico) (represented by: N. Fernández Fernández-Pacheco, lawyer)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: E. Zaera Cuadrado, acting as Agent)
Re:
Action for annulment of the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 19 November 2014 (Case R 251/2014-2) concerning an application for registration of the word sign BIMBO as a Community trade mark.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1.
Dismisses the action;
2.
Orders Grupo Bimbo, SAB de CV to pay the costs.
(1) OJ C 89, 16.3.2015.
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