Notices for publication in the OJ nº T-771/16 of Tribunal General de la Unión Europea, December 15, 2017

• Resolution Date: December 15, 2017
• Issuing Organization: Tribunal General de la Unión Europea
• Decision Number: T-771/16

Judgment of the General Court of 22 November 2017 - Toontrack Music v EUIPO (EZMIX)

(Case T-771/16) ¹

(European Union trade mark - Application for EU word mark EZMIX - Absolute ground for refusal - Descriptive character - Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) - Equal treatment and principle of sound administration)

Language of the case: Swedish

Parties

Applicant: Toontrack Music AB (Umeå, Sweden) (represented by: L.-E. Ström, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: A. Söder and D. Hanf, acting as Agents)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 27 July 2016 (Case R 2436/2015-5) concerning an application for registration of word mark EZMIX as an EU trade mark.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1. Dismisses the action;

2. Orders Toontrack Music AB to pay the costs.

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[1] OJ C 14, 16.1.2017.