Source: EURLEX
Language: en
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Judgment of the General Court of 26 June 2024 – Peikko Group v EUIPO – Anstar (Shape of metal beams for construction)

(Case T-192/23)
 [(1)](#ntr1-C_202404724EN.000101-E0001)

(EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - Three-dimensional EU trade mark - Shape of metal beams for construction - Absolute ground for invalidity - Sign consisting exclusively of the shape of the product necessary to obtain a technical result - Article 7(1)(e)(ii) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Lack of essential non-functional characteristics)

(C/2024/4724)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Peikko Group Oy (Lahti, Finland) (represented by: M. Müller and A. Fottner, lawyers)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Anstar Oy (Villähde, Finland) (represented by: J. Kajaste and S. Kurki, lawyers)

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 7 February 2023 (Case R 2180/2021-5).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | Orders Peikko Group Oy to pay its own costs as well as those incurred by Anstar Oy for the purposes of the proceedings before the General Court; |

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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/2024/4724/oj

ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)

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