EU & Human Rights

Ecolab USA v OHIM (GREASECUTTER) (Judgment)

[2015] EUECJ T61013Court of Justice of the European Union (including the General Court)2015

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(Community trade mark — International registration designating the European Community — Word mark GREASECUTTER — Absolute grounds for refusal — Descriptive character — No distinctive character — Article 7(1)b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

Ecolab USA, Inc., established in Wilmington, Delaware (United States), represented by G. Hasselblatt and V. Töbelmann, lawyers,

Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM), represented by L. Rampini, acting as Agent,

ACTION brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 5 September 2013 (Case R 1704/2012-2), concerning the international registration designating the European Community of the word mark GREASECUTTER,

composed of H. Kanninen, President, I. Pelikánová and E. Buttigieg (Rapporteur), Judges,

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