Judgment;Information — ECLI:EU:T:2024:148
Date: 2024-03-06
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Second Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Netherlands

Judgment of the General Court of 6 March 2024 - DEC Technologies v EUIPO – Tehnoexport (DEC FLEXIBLE TECHNOLOGIES and Representation of a square with curves) (Cases T-59/23 and T-68/23) 1 (EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU figurative mark DEC FLEXIBLE TECHNOLOGIES and EU figurative mark representing a square with curves – Absolute ground for invalidity – Bad faith – Article 59(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: DEC Technologies BV (Enschede, Netherlands) (represented by: R. Brtka and M. Witzmann, lawyers) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: C. Bovar and E. Markakis, acting as Agents) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Tehnoexport d.o.o. Inđija (Inđija, Serbia) (represented by: C. Schumacher, lawyer) Re: By its actions under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decisions of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 6 December 2022 (Case R 2009/2021-5) and of 30 November 2022 (Case R 2012/2021-5). Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. Joins Cases T-59/23 and T-68/23 for the purposes of the judgment; 2. Dismisses the actions; 3. Orders DEC Technologies BV to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 112, 27.3.2023.