8.2.2016
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
C 48/49
Judgment of the General Court of 15 December 2015 — Shoe Branding Europe v OHIM (two parallel stripes on the long sleeves of a shirt)
(Case T-63/15) (1)
((Community trade mark - Application for a Community trade mark consisting of two parallel stripes on the long sleeves of a shirt - Absolute ground for refusal - No distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
(2016/C 048/55)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Shoe Branding Europe BVBA (Oudenaarde, Belgium) (represented by: J. Løje, lawyer)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented initially by P. Geroulakos, and subsequently by D. Gája, acting as Agents)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 3 December 2014 (Case R 2560/2013-5), concerning an application for registration of a sign consisting of two parallel stripes on the long sleeves of a shirt as a Community trade mark.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1.
Dismisses the action;
2.
Orders Shoe Branding Europe BVBA to pay the costs.
(1) OJ C 107, 30.3.2015.
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