Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2024:731
Date: 2024-10-23
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Eighth Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Belgium

Judgment of the General Court of 23 October 2024 – Jima Projects v EUIPO – Salis Sulam (Representation of two parallel stripes on the side of a sports shoe) (Case T-307/23) 1 (EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU figurative mark representing two parallel stripes on the side of a sports shoe – Absolute ground for refusal – No distinctive character – Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) – Obligation to state reasons – Right to property – Legal certainty – Legitimate expectations) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: Jima Projects (Oudenaarde, Belgium) (represented by: J. Løje, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: J. Ivanauskas and V. Ruzek, acting as Agents) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Eli Salis Sulam (Alicante, Spain) (represented by: M. Pomares Caballero, T. Barber Giner and K. Schmid, lawyers) Re: By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 22 March 2023 (Case R 1215/2022-1). Operative part of the judgment The Court: Dismisses the action; Orders Jima Projects to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 252, 17.7.2023.