Source: EURLEX
Language: en
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Judgment of the General Court of 11 June 2025 – SHS v EUIPO (Pure Steel+)

(Case T-462/24)
 [(1)](#ntr1-C_202504048EN.000101-E0001)

(EU trade mark - Application for EU figurative mark Pure Steel+ - Absolute ground for refusal - Descriptive character - Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Obligation to state reasons - Assessment of the facts by EUIPO of its own motion - Article 94(1) and Article 95(1) of Regulation 2017/1001)

(C/2025/4048)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: SHS – Stahl-Holding-Saar GmbH & Co. KGaA (Dillingen, Germany) (represented by: J. Meyer, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: A. Ringelhann, acting as Agent)

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 19 June 2024 (Case R 190/2024-1).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | Orders SHS – Stahl-Holding-Saar GmbH & Co. KGaA to pay the costs. |

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ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/4048/oj

ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)

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