Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2025:377
Date: 2025-04-09
Language of the case: English
Court formation: First Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Germany

Judgment of the General Court of 9 April 2025 – Ghiassi v EUIPO – Hersill (VITAE) (Case T-1153/23) 1 (EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU word mark VITAE – Absolute grounds for invalidity – Lack of descriptive character – Distinctive character – Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: Ardeshir Ghiassi (Unna, Germany) (represented by: G. Vierkötter, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: D. Hanf, acting as Agent) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Hersill SL (Móstoles, Spain) (represented by: K. Guridi Sedlak, lawyer) Re: By his action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment and alteration of the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 13 October 2023 (Case R 2392/2022-4). Operative part of the judgment The Court: Dismisses the action; Orders Mr Ardeshir Ghiassi, in addition to bearing his own costs, to pay those incurred by Hersill SL; Orders the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) to bear its own costs. ____________ 1 OJ C C/2024/1253, 12.2.2024.