Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 21.8.2023 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 296/31 |

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Judgment of the General Court of 5 July 2023 — Wajos v EUIPO (Shape of a container)

(Case T-10/22) [(1)](#ntr1-C_2023296EN.01003101-E0001)

(EU trade mark - Application for a three-dimensional EU trade mark - Shape of a container - Absolute ground for refusal - Sign consisting exclusively of the shape of goods which is necessary to obtain a technical result - Article 7(1)(e)(ii) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(e)(ii) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) - Decision taken following the annulment by the General Court of an earlier decision - Res judicata)

(2023/C 296/34)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: Wajos GmbH (Dohr, Germany) (represented by: N. Böhmer, J. Schneiders and N. Gottschalk, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: E. Nicolás Gómez and D. Hanf, acting as Agents)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 21 October 2021 (Case R 2958/2019-2).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | Orders Wajos GmbH to pay the costs. |

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