Information;Order — ECLI:EU:T:2025:393
Date: 2025-04-07
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Second Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded

Order of the General Court of 7 April 2025 – Skechers USA v EUIPO (HANDS FREE FIT) (Case T-254/24) 1 (EU trade mark – Application for EU word mark HANDS FREE FIT – Absolute grounds for refusal – Descriptive character – No distinctive character – Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 – Equal treatment – Principle of good administration – Articles 20 and 41 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights – Action manifestly lacking any foundation in law) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: Skechers USA, Inc. II (Manhattan Beach, California, United States) (represented by: J. Bogatz, Y. Stone and J. Feigl, lawyers) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: M. Eberl, acting as Agent) Re: By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 19 March 2024 (Case R 2417/2023-4). Operative part of the order 1. The action is dismissed. 2. The parties shall each bear their own costs. ____________ 1 OJ C C/2024/3922, 1.7.2024.