Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 12.12.2022 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 472/39 |

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Judgment of the General Court of 5 October 2022 — Philip Morris Products v EUIPO (TOGETHER. FORWARD.)

(Case T-500/21) [(1)](#ntr1-C_2022472EN.01003901-E0001)

(EU trade mark - Application for EU word mark TOGETHER. FORWARD. - Absolute ground for refusal - No distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

(2022/C 472/45)

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 (represented by: E. Nicolás Gómez, M. Eberl and D. Hanf, acting as Agents)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks annulment of the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 2 June 2021 (Case R 417/2021-5).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | Orders Philip Morris Products SA to pay the costs. |

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