Source: EURLEX
Language: en
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Judgment of the General Court of 16 October 2024 – ePlus v EUIPO – Telefónica Germany (e.plus)

(Case T-604/23)
 [(1)](#ntr1-C_202407030EN.000101-E0001)

(EU trade mark - Revocation proceedings - EU figurative mark e.plus - Genuine use - Article 58(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Obligation to state reasons - Article 94(1) of Regulation 2017/1001)

(C/2024/7030)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: ePlus Inc. (Herndon, Virginia, United States) (represented by: V. von Bomhard, J. Fuhrmann and A. Malkmes, lawyers)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Telefónica Germany GmbH & Co. OHG (Munich, Germany) (represented by: P. Neuwald, lawyer)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the partial annulment and the alteration of the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 30 June 2023 (Joined Cases R 1199/2022-1 and R 1711/2022-1).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | Orders ePlus Inc., in addition to bearing its own costs, to pay those incurred by Telefónica Germany GmbH & Co. OHG; |

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| 3. | Orders the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) to bear its own costs. |

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ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/7030/oj

ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)

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