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Judgment of the General Court (Ninth Chamber) of 24 March 2021 –  
Andreas Stihl v EUIPO – Giro Travel Company (Combination of the colours grey and orange)

(Case T‑193/18)

(EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU mark consisting of a combination of the colours grey and orange – Absolute ground for refusal – Article 4 and Article 7(1)(a) of Regulation No 40/94 (now Article 7(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) – Sufficiently clear and precise graphic representation – Requirement for a systematic arrangement associating the colours in a predetermined and uniform way)

| 1. | EU trade mark – Surrender, revocation and invalidity – Absolute grounds for invalidity – Signs of which a trade mark may consist – Graphic representation of a mark submitted as a figurative mark – Conditions for registration – Sufficiently clear and precise graphic representation  (Council Regulation No 40/94, Arts 4 and 7(1)(a) and 51(1)(a))  (see paras 28-30) |

| 2. | EU trade mark – Surrender, revocation and invalidity – Absolute grounds for invalidity – Signs of which a trade mark may consist – Colours or combinations of colours – Conditions  (Council Regulation No 40/94, Arts 4 and 7(1)(a) and 51(1)(a); Commission Regulation No 2868/95, Art. 1, Rule 3(3))  (see paras 31-33) |

| 3. | EU trade mark – Surrender, revocation and invalidity – Absolute grounds for invalidity – Signs of which a trade mark may consist – Colours or combinations of colours – Mark consisting of a combination of the colours orange and grey  (Council Regulation No 40/94, Arts 4 and 7(1)(a) and 51(1)(a))  (see paras 38-42) |

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 23 January 2018 (Case R 200/2017-2) relating to invalidity proceedings between Giro Travel Company and Andreas Stihl.

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Annuls the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 23 January 2018 (Case R 200/2017-2); |

| 2. | Orders EUIPO to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG; |

| 3. | Orders Giro Travel Company SRL to bear its own costs. |

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