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 26 July 2023 — Apart v EUIPO — S. Tous (Representation of the outline of a bear)

(Case T-591/21) [(1)](#ntr1-C_202300130EN.000101-E0001)

(EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU figurative mark representing the outline of a bear - Absolute ground for invalidity - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

(C/2023/130)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Apart sp. z o.o. (Suchy Las, Poland) (represented by: J. Gwiazdowska, lawyer)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: S. Tous, SL (Manresa, Spain) (represented by: D. Gómez Sánchez, J.L. Gracia Albero and M. Schaaf, lawyers)

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 6 July 2021 (Case R 222/2020-5).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | Orders Apart sp. z o.o. to pay the costs. |

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ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/130/oj

ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)

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