Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 3.7.2023 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 235/38 |

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Judgment of the General Court of 17 May 2023 — moderne Stadt v EUIPO (DEUTZER HAFEN)

(Case T-656/22) [(1)](#ntr1-C_2023235EN.01003801-E0001)

(EU trade mark - Application for EU word mark DEUTZER HAFEN - Absolute ground for refusal - Descriptive character - Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Equal treatment)

(2023/C 235/51)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: moderne Stadt Gesellschaft zur Förderung des Städtebaues und der Gemeindeentwicklung mbH (Cologne, Germany) (represented by: G. Simon and L. Daams, lawyers)

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

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 August 2022 (Case R 2195/2021-5).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | Orders moderne Stadt Gesellschaft zur Förderung des Städtebaues und der Gemeindeentwicklung mbH and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) to bear their own costs. |

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