do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Case T-60/23: Judgment of the General Court of 17 January 2024 — Ilovepdf v EUIPO (ILOVEPDF) (EU trade mark — Application for EU word mark ILOVEPDF — Absolute ground for refusal — No distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Obligation to state reasons — Article 94(1) of Regulation 2017/1001 — Legitimate expectations — Equal treatment)
Date: 2024-01-17
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, cloud computing, computer equipment, industrial research, registered trade mark, scientific research, software, trade-mark law








C_202402024EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/2024


18.3.2024





Judgment of the General Court of 17 January 2024 — Ilovepdf v EUIPO (ILOVEPDF)
(Case T-60/23) (1)

(EU trade mark - Application for EU word mark ILOVEPDF - Absolute ground for refusal - No distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Obligation to state reasons - Article 94(1) of Regulation 2017/1001 - Legitimate expectations - Equal treatment)
(C/2024/2024)
Language of the case: Spanish

Parties


Applicant: Ilovepdf, SL (Barcelona, Spain) (represented by: J. Oriol Asensio, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: E. Nicolás Gómez, acting as Agent)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment and alteration of the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 18 November 2022 (Case R 641/2021-5).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Ilovepdf, SL and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) each to bear their own costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 112, 27.3.2023



ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/2024/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 of the European Parliament and of the Council on a temporary derogation from certain provisions of Directive 2002/58/EC for the purpose of combating online child sexual abuse (COM(2023) 777 final — 2023/0452 (COD))
Date: 2024-01-17
Institutions: European Economic and Social Committee
Subjects: child pornography, child protection, children's rights, data protection, derogation from EU law, paedophilia, protection of communications, regulation of telecommunications, sexual violence, social media








C_202402107EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/2107


26.3.2024






Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 of the European Parliament and of the Council on a temporary derogation from certain provisions of Directive 2002/58/EC for the purpose of combating online child sexual abuse
(COM(2023) 777 final — 2023/0452 (COD))
(C/2024/2107)







Referral


Council of the European Union, 10.1.2024
European Parliament, 15.1.2024




Legal basis


Articles 16 and 114 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union




Section responsible


Single Market, Production and Consumption




Adopted at plenary


17.1.2024




Plenary session No


584




Outcome of vote
(for/against/abstentions)


213/0/0




Since the Committee endorses the content of the proposal and feels that it requires no comment on its part, it decided to issue an opinion endorsing the proposed text.


Brussels, 17 January 2024.


The President of the European Economic and Social Committee

Oliver RÖPKE
            





ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/2107/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-47/23: Judgment of the General Court of 17 January 2024 — Miłosz Jeleń v EUIPO — The Animal Store, Food and Accessories (WILD INSPIRED) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU word mark WILD INSPIRED — Earlier EU word mark INSPIRED — Relative ground for refusal — No similarity of the services — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
Date: 2024-01-17
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, animal feedingstuffs, beverage industry, registered trade mark, retail trade, trade-mark law, wholesale trade








C_202402023EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/2023


18.3.2024





Judgment of the General Court of 17 January 2024 — Miłosz Jeleń v EUIPO — The Animal Store, Food and Accessories (WILD INSPIRED)
(Case T-47/23) (1)

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the EU word mark WILD INSPIRED - Earlier EU word mark INSPIRED - Relative ground for refusal - No similarity of the services - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
(C/2024/2023)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Miłosz Jeleń (Kamionka Wielka, Poland) (represented by: M. Bac-Matuszewska, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: M. Chylińska and D. Stoyanova-Valchanova, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: The Animal Store, Food and Accessories, SL (Valencia, Spain)

Re:

By his action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 8 December 2022 (Case R 1299/2022-2).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders each party to bear its own costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 112, 27.3.2023.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/2023/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-25/24: Action brought on 17 January 2024 — Devo v EUIPO — Capgemini España (DEVO)
Date: 2024-01-17
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, computer system, consultancy, data processing, data protection, information technology, registered trade mark, software, trade-mark law








C_202402050EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/2050


18.3.2024





Action brought on 17 January 2024 — Devo v EUIPO — Capgemini España (DEVO)
(Case T-25/24)
(C/2024/2050)
Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties


Applicant: Devo, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States) (represented by: P. Fenech and S. Galea, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Capgemini España, SL (Madrid, Spain)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


Applicant of the trade mark at issue: Applicant before the General Court

Trade mark at issue: Application for European Union figurative mark DEVO — Application for registration No 17 886 245

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 20 October 2023 in Case R 337/2023-2

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision, dismiss the opposition and allow the trade mark application at issue to proceed to registration;










—


order the other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal to pay the costs.





Plea in law







—


Infringement of 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.






ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/2050/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-32/24 P: Appeal brought on 17 January 2024 by OA against the judgment of the General Court (Tenth Chamber) delivered on 8 November 2023 in Case T-39/22,  OA v Parliament
Date: 2024-01-17
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: equal treatment, pension scheme, principle of legal certainty, retirement conditions, servant (EU), staff regulations (EU)








C_202402726EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/2726


29.4.2024






Appeal brought on 17 January 2024 by OA against the judgment of the General Court (Tenth Chamber) delivered on 8 November 2023 in Case T-39/22, OA v Parliament


(Case C-32/24 P)

(C/2024/2726)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Appellant: OA (represented by: G. Rossi, F. Regaldo, avvocati)

Other party to the proceedings: European Parliament

Form of order sought

The appellant claims that the Court should:






—


uphold the appeal;










—


set aside the judgement under appeal; and consequently










—


annul both Contested Decisions (save the part of the Second Contested Decision in which the Complaint on pensionable age has been upheld by the defendant);










—


should the Court not annul the Contested Decisions the appellant asks the Court to condemn the defendant to compensate the damages caused to the appellant, in the amount to be determined according to a formula referred to under paragraph 74 of the application before the General Court, or in any other amount the Court might have found just and fair;










—


condemn the defendant to pay the costs of both instances.





Pleas in law and main arguments









1.


The General Court seriously misread the applicant’s sixth plea in law, since the applicant did not claim that his pension should be “calculated by taking into account the average salary earned throughout the career”. Actually, the applicant claimed that the “pro rata 1 calculation” provided for by the third paragraph of Article 77 of the Staff Regulation should be applied.












2.


In stating that the third paragraph of Article 77 of the Staff Regulations applies only to officials and other servants and not to accredited parliamentary assistants, the General Court illegitimately discriminates against the latter.












3.


The General Court disregards that Article 77, paragraph 3, of the Staff Regulations is applicable in the case of fluctuations in salaries.












4.


The General Court, by treating in the same way the situations of the officials, who benefit from a linear progression in their salaries, and accredited parliamentary assistants, who do not, infringes the non-discrimination principle.












5.


The General Court, by admitting that an EU Institution can state that the pension of a staff member shall be calculated according to the pro rata criterion, as governed by EU law, and then completely disregard such method, seriously undermines the application of the principle of the protection of legitimate expectations within the EU law.






ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/2726/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-26/24: Action brought on 17 January 2024 — Funline International v EUIPO — MS Trade (JUNGLE JUICE)
Date: 2024-01-17
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, chemical product, cosmetic product, registered trade mark, sexuality, trade-mark law








C_202401710EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/1710


4.3.2024





Action brought on 17 January 2024 — Funline International v EUIPO — MS Trade (JUNGLE JUICE)
(Case T-26/24)
(C/2024/1710)
Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties


Applicant: Funline International Corp. (Wilmington, Delaware, United States) (represented by: S. Hejdová, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: MS Trade s. r. o. (Prague, Czech Republic)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Applicant before the General Court

Trade mark at issue: European Union word mark JUNGLE JUICE — European Union trade mark No 8 630 832

Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 19 October 2024 in Case R 2264/2022-5

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision; or










—


annul the contested decision and reject the application for revocation;










—


order EUIPO to pay the costs.





Pleas in law







—


Infringement of Article 58(1)(a) of the Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;










—


Infringement of Article 19(1) of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (the TRIPS Agreement).






ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/1710/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union – Cases where the Commission raises no objections – SA.109412
Date: 2024-01-17
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Denmark, State aid, animal production, control of State aid, crop production, hunting, service








C_202400833EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/833


17.1.2024






Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
Cases where the Commission raises no objections
SA.109412
(C/2024/833)







Date of adoption of the decision


28.11.2023




Aid number


SA.109412




Member State


Denmark




Region


 




Title (title and/or name of the beneficiary)


An aid scheme for nature restoration and for setting aside land to develop national parks




Legal basis


The Danish National Park Act




Type of measure


Scheme




Objective


Agriculture; Forestry; Rural areas, Aid for closing of capacity for animal, plant or human health, sanitary, ethical or environmental reasons




Form of aid


Direct grant, Subsidised services




Budget


Overall budget: 140 000 000  DKK
Annual budget: 20 000 000  DKK




Intensity


100,0  %




Duration


Until 31.10.2030




Economic sectors


Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities




Name and address of the granting authority







The Danish National Park Foundations, currently the fundations of ‘Nationalpark Kongernes Nordsjælland’, ‘Nationalpark Mols Bjerge’, ‘Nationalpark Skjoldungernes Land’, ‘Nationalpark Thy’, and ‘Nationalpark Vadehavet’




Nationalpark Thy, Vesterhavsgade 168 Nr. Vorupør DK-7700 Thisted








Other information


 




The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:
https://competition-cases.ec.europa.eu/search?caseInstrument=SA


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/833/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11327 – ÖBB / GO-AHEAD)
Date: 2024-01-17
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: carriage of passengers, economic concentration, merger control, rail transport, regional transport








C_202401726EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/1726


23.2.2024






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.11327 – ÖBB / GO-AHEAD)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2024/1726)

On 17 January 2024, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the internal market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1). The full text of the decision is available only in German language and will be made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:






—


in the merger section of the ‘Competition policy’ website of the Commission (https://competition-cases.ec.europa.eu/search). This website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes,










—


in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32024M11327. EUR-Lex is the online point of access to European Union law.






(1)  
            OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/1726/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-29/24: Action brought on 17 January 2024 — Kaili v Parliament
Date: 2024-01-17
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Member of the European Parliament, Statute for Members of the Parliament, allowances and expenses, parliamentary allowance








C_202401561EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/1561


26.2.2024





Action brought on 17 January 2024 — Kaili v Parliament
(Case T-29/24)
(C/2024/1561)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Eva Kaili (Ixelles, Belgium) (represented by: S. Pappas, lawyer)

Defendant: European Parliament

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


Annul the decision of 7 November 2023 of the Director of the Directorate for Members’ Financial and Social Entitlements, Directorate-General for Finance of the European Parliament, ordering the recovery of part of the applicant’s general expenditure allowance and










—


Order the defendant to bear its costs as well as the Applicant’s costs for the current proceedings.





Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action, the applicant relies on two pleas in law.








1.


First plea in law, alleging that the Director of the Directorate for Members’ Financial and Social Entitlements, Directorate-General for Finance of the European Parliament was not competent to adopt the contested decision since Article 68 of implementing measures for the statute for members of the European Parliament (IMMS) grants such competence to the Secretary-General of the European Parliament.












2.


Second plea in law, alleging that Article 43 IMMS was erroneously applied in her case, since her detention constitutes a situation of force majeure.






ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/1561/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Call for proposals and related activities under the 2024 work plan of the Clean Hydrogen Joint Undertaking
Date: 2024-01-17
Institutions: Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, European Commission
Subjects: European Joint Undertaking, action programme, call for proposals, hydrogen, operation of the Institutions








C_202400670EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/670


17.1.2024






Call for proposals and related activities under the 2024 work plan of the Clean Hydrogen Joint Undertaking
(C/2024/670)

Notice is hereby given of the launch of the call for proposals and related activities under the 2024 work plan of the Clean Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (CleanH2 JU).
This work plan, including deadlines and budgets for the activities, is available through the Participant Portal website (https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/home) along with information on the modalities of the call and related activities, and guidance for applicants on how to submit proposals. All this information will be updated as necessary on the same Participant Portal.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/670/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11234 – GENERALI / LIBERTY SEGUROS)
Date: 2024-01-17
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Ireland, Portugal, Spain, economic concentration, insurance, investment company, merger control, provision of services








C_202404490EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/4490


10.7.2024






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.11234 – GENERALI / LIBERTY SEGUROS)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2024/4490)

On 17 January 2024, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the internal market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1). The full text of the decision is available only in English and will be made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:






—


in the merger section of the ‘Competition policy’ website of the Commission (https://competition-cases.ec.europa.eu/search). This website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes,










—


in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32024M11234. EUR-Lex is the online point of access to European Union law.






(1)  
            OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/4490/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union – Cases where the Commission raises no objections – SA.108736
Date: 2024-01-17
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Germany, State aid, animal production, control of State aid








C_202400832EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/832


17.1.2024






Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
Cases where the Commission raises no objections
SA.108736
(C/2024/832)







Date of adoption of the decision


16.11.2023




Aid number


SA.108736




Member State


Germany




Region


 




Title (title and/or name of the beneficiary)


Bund: Investiver Herdenschutz




Legal basis


Förderbereich 4 J, Grundsatz 1.0 ‘Investitionen zum Schutz vor Schäden durch den Wolf’




Type of measure


Scheme




Objective


Agriculture; Forestry; Rural areas, Aid to compensate for the damage caused by protected animals




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget


Overall budget: 52 763 000  EUR
Annual budget: 10 552 600  EUR




Intensity


 




Duration


Until 31.12.2027




Economic sectors


Animal production




Name and address of the granting authority







Zuständige Behörde des jeweiligen Bundeslandes (siehe unter 12. Anlagen)




Anschrift der zuständigen Behörde des jeweiligen Bundeslandes (siehe unter 12. Anlagen)








Other information


 




The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:
https://competition-cases.ec.europa.eu/search?caseInstrument=SA


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/832/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)