Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2022:724
Date: 2022-11-23
Language of the case: German
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Germany

Judgment of the General Court of 23 November 2022 – Allessa v EUIPO – Dumerth (CASSELLAPARK) (Case T-701/21) 1 (EU trade mark – Cancellation proceedings – EU word mark CASSELLAPARK – Absolute grounds for refusal – Distinctive character – Lack of descriptive character – Mark not of such a nature as to mislead the public – Article 7(1)(b), (c) and (g) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(b), (c) and (g) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) – Obligation to state reasons – Article 94 of Regulation 2017/1001) Language of the case: German Parties Applicant: Allessa GmbH (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) (represented by: S. Fröhlich, M. Hartmann and H. Lerchl, lawyers) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: E. Nicolás Gómez and D. Hanf, acting as Agents) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Carim Dumerth (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) (represented by: T. Wieland and C. Corbet, lawyers) 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 11 August 2021 (Case R 1043/2020-5). Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. Rejects the appeal; 2. Orders Allessa GmbH to bear the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 2, 3.1.2022.