Source: EURLEX
Language: en
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Judgment of the General Court of 12 June 2024 – Amstel Brouwerij v EUIPO – Anheuser-Busch (ULTRA)

(Case T-170/23)
 [(1)](#ntr1-C_202404472EN.000101-E0001)

(EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU figurative mark ULTRA - Absolute ground for invalidity - No distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) - EUIPO’s Guidelines for examination)

(C/2024/4472)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Amstel Brouwerij BV (Amsterdam, Netherlands) (represented by: T. Cohen Jehoram and Y. Song, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: A. Ringelhann and V. Ruzek, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Anheuser-Busch LLC (Saint-Louis, Missouri, United States) (represented by: A. Renck and C. Stöber, lawyers)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 24 January 2023 (Case R 2088/2021-5).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Annuls the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 24 January 2023 (Case R 2088/2021-5); |

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| 2. | Orders EUIPO to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Amstel Brouwerij BV; |

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| 3. | Orders Anheuser-Busch LLC to pay its own costs. |

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ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/4472/oj

ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)

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