Information;Order — ECLI:EU:T:2025:390
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

Action brought on 14 February 2024 – Skechers USA v EUIPO (GO HANDS FREE) (Case T-80/24) 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 Details of the proceedings before EUIPO Trade mark at issue: Application for European Union word mark GO HANDS FREE – Application for registration No 18 761 967 Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 13 December 2023 in Case R 1664/2023-4 Form of order sought The applicant claims that the Court should: annul the contested decision; order EUIPO to pay the costs incurred by the applicant. Pleas in law Infringement of Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council; Infringement of the principle of equality as laid down in Article 20 in conjunction with Article 41 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union; Infringement of the right to good administration as laid down in Article 41(1) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. ____________