Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2024:811
Date: 2024-11-13
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Seventh Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Belgium

Judgment of the General Court of 13 November 2024 – DDCF v EUIPO (SUSTAINABLE BY DESIGN) (Case T-3/24) 1 (EU trade mark – Application for EU word mark SUSTAINABLE BY DESIGN – Absolute ground for refusal – No distinctive character – Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: Delvaux design coordination et finance (DDCF) (Etterbeek, Belgium) (represented by: M. Hartmann, S. Fröhlich and T. Ntinas, lawyers) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: R. Raponi, acting as Agent) Re: By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 18 October 2023 (Case R 1075/2023-2). Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders Delvaux design coordination et finance (DDCF) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) each to bear its own costs. ____________ 1 OJ C C/2024/1430, 19.2.2024.