Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 12.12.2022 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 472/40 |

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Judgment of the General Court of 5 October 2022 — Philip Morris Products v EUIPO (Representation of black and white lines)

(Case T-502/21) [(1)](#ntr1-C_2022472EN.01004002-E0001)

(EU trade mark - Application for EU figurative mark representing black and white lines - Absolute ground for refusal - No distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

(2022/C 472/47)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Philip Morris Products SA (Neuchâtel, Switzerland) (represented by: L. Alonso Domingo, lawyer)

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

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks annulment of the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 26 May 2021 (Case R 78/2021-5).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | Orders Philip Morris Products SA to pay the costs. |

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