Judgment;Information — ECLI:EU:T:2024:458
Date: 2024-07-10
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Third Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Poland

Judgment of the General Court of 10 July 2024 – Bartex Bartol v EUIPO – Grupa Chorten (duch puszczy) (Case T-473/23) 1 (EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU word mark duch puszczy – Absolute ground for invalidity – Descriptive character – Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 – Article 52(1)(a) of Regulation No 207/2009 – Article 95(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 – Article 16(2) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/625) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: Bartex Bartol sp. z o.o sp. k. (Nowy Tomyśl, Poland) (represented by: A. Gierczak, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: T. Klee, acting as Agent) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Grupa Chorten sp. z o.o. (Białystok, Poland) (represented by: A. Brudnoch, lawyer) Re: By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 17 May 2023 (Case R 1450/2022-5). Operative part of the judgment The Court: Dismisses the action; Orders Bartex Bartol sp. z o.o. sp. k. to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Grupa Chorten sp. z o.o.; Declares that the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) is to bear its own costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 329, 18.9.2023.