Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2022:610
Date: 2022-10-05
Language of the case: English
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded

Judgment of the General Court of 5 October 2022 – Philip Morris Products v EUIPO (Representation of angular lines in black and white) (Case T-501/21) 1 (EU trade mark – Application for EU figurative mark representing angular lines in black and white – Absolute ground for refusal – No distinctive character – Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: Philip Morris Products SA (Neuchâtel, Switzerland) (represented by: L. Alonso Domingo, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: P. Georgieva, E. Nicolás Gómez, M. Eberl and D. Hanf, acting as Agents) Re: By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks annulment of the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 3 June 2021 (Case R 79/2021-5). Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders Philip Morris Products SA to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 391, 27.9.2021.