Judgment;Information — ECLI:EU:T:2024:432
Date: 2024-07-03
Language of the case: German
Court formation: First Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded;Action for annulment - inadmissible

Judgment of the General Court of 3 July 2024 – Sophienwald v EUIPO – Zalto Glas (Sw Sophienwald) (Case T-597/22) 1 (EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU figurative mark Sw Sophienwald – Absolute ground for invalidity – Descriptive character – Article 7(1)(c) and Article 52(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(c) and Article 59(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)) Language of the case: German Parties Applicant: Sophienwald AG (Vaduz, Liechtenstein) (represented by: J. Hellenbrand, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: A. Ringelhann and D. Stoyanova-Valchanova, acting as Agents) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Zalto Glas GmbH (Gmünd, Austria) (represented by: M. Novak, lawyer) Re: By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 25 July 2022 (Case R 2113/2021-1). Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders Sophienwald AG to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO). 3. Orders Zalto Glas GmbH to bear its own costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 441, 21.11.2022.