Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| European flag | Official Journal  of the European Union | EN  Series C |

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Judgment of the General Court of 20 September 2023 — Procter & Gamble v EUIPO (Safeguard)

(Case T-210/22) [(1)](#ntr1-C_202300768EN.000101-E0001)

(EU trade mark - Application for EU figurative mark Safeguard - Absolute ground for refusal - Descriptive character - Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

(C/2023/768)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company (Cincinnati, Ohio, United States) (represented by M. Körner and N. Schaumburg-Lippe, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: K. Misztal and T. Klee, acting as Agents)

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 21 February 2022 (Case R 1753/2021-5).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | Orders The Procter & Gamble Company to pay the costs. |

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ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/768/oj

ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)

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