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Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 16 October 2024 –  
Freistaat Bayern v EUIPO – Bundesverband Souvenir Geschenke Ehrenpreise (Neuschwanstein)

(Case T‑506/23) (
[1](#t-ECR_62023TJ0506_INF_EN_01-E0001)
)

(EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU word mark Neuschwanstein – Earlier business names Neuschwanstein and Schloss Neuschwanstein – Relative ground for invalidity – Article 8(4) and Article 53(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(4) and Article 60(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))

| 1. | EU trade mark – Surrender, revocation and invalidity – Relative grounds for invalidity – Non-registered mark or another sign used in the course of trade – Conditions  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Arts 8(4) and 53(1)(c))  (see paragraph 14) |

| 2. | EU trade mark – Surrender, revocation and invalidity – Relative grounds for invalidity – Non-registered mark or another sign used in the course of trade – Word mark Neuschwanstein – Earlier business names Neuschwanstein and Schloss Neuschwanstein  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Arts 8(4) and 53(1)(c))  (see paragraphs 23-26, 31, 38, 39, 43, 44) |

| 3. | Judicial proceedings – Application initiating proceedings – Formal requirements – Summary of the pleas in law on which the application is based – Pleas in law not set out in the application – General reference to other documents annexed to the application – Inadmissibility  (Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 21; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 76(d))  (see paragraph 37) |

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

| 2. | Orders Freistaat Bayern to pay the costs. |

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(
[1](#c-ECR_62023TJ0506_INF_EN_01-E0001)
) [OJ C 338, 25.9.2023](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:C:2023:338:TOC).

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