Judgment;Information — ECLI:EU:T:2022:611
Date: 2022-10-05
Language of the case: English
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded

Action brought on 16 August 2021 – Philip Morris Products v EUIPO (Device of a combination of lines in black and white forming a square) (Case T-502/21) 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 (EUIPO) Details of the proceedings before EUIPO Trade mark at issue: Application for European Union figurative mark (Device of a combination of lines in black and white forming a square) – Application for registration No 18 252 146 Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 26 May 2021 in Case R 78/2021-5 Form of order sought The applicant claims that the Court should: annul the contested decision; order EUIPO to bear its own costs and to pay those of the applicant. Plea in law Infringement of Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council by erroneously assessing the perception of the relevant consumers; Infringement of Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council with respect to the trademark at issue. ____________