Judgment of the General Court of 9 July 2025 – Spin Master Toys UK v EUIPO – Verdes Innovations (Shape of a cube with faces having a grid structure and differentiated by their colours)
(Case T-1173/23) 1
(EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – Three-dimensional EU trade mark – Shape of a cube with faces having a grid structure and differentiated by their colours – Absolute ground for invalidity – Sign consisting exclusively of the shape of goods which is necessary to obtain a technical result – Article 7(1)(e)(ii) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Spin Master Toys UK Ltd (Marlow, United Kingdom) (represented by: V. von Bomhard and A. Malkmes, lawyers)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: D. Gája and V. Ruzek, acting as Agents)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Verdes Innovations SA (Chiliomodi, Greece) (represented by: R. Kunze, 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 20 October 2023 (Case R 851/2022-1).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action;
Orders Spin Master Toys UK Ltd to pay the costs.
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1     OJ C, C/2024/1265, 12.2.2024.