12.3.2018
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
C 94/22
Judgment of the General Court of 25 January 2018 — Grupo Ganaderos de Fuerteventura v EUIPO (EL TOFIO El sabor de CANARIAS)
(Case T-765/16) (1)
((EU trade mark - Application for the EU figurative mark EL TOFIO El sabor de CANARIAS - Absolute grounds for refusal - Descriptiveness - Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)))
(2018/C 094/28)
Language of the case: Spanish
Parties
Applicant: Grupo Ganaderos de Fuerteventura, SL (Puerto del Rosario, Spain) (represented by: E. Manresa Medina, lawyer)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: J. Crespo Carrillo and J. García Murillo, acting as Agents)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 28 July 2016 (Case R 1404/2015-5), concerning an application for registration of the figurative sign EL TOFIO El sabor de CANARIAS as an EU trade mark.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1.
Annuls the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 28 July 2016 (Case R 1404/2015-5);
2.
Dismisses the action as to the remainder;
3.
Orders EUIPO to bear its own costs and to pay the costs incurred by Grupo Ganaderos de Fuerteventura, SL.
(1) OJ C 6, 9.1.2017.