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Case C‑93/23 P

European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

v

Neoperl AG

Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 23 January 2025

(Appeal – EU trade mark – Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 – Article 4 – Signs of which an EU trade mark may consist – Application for registration of a tactile position mark representing a cylindrical sanitary insert – Article 7 – Absolute grounds for refusal – Obligation to examine at the outset the ground for refusal laid down in Article 7(1)(a) of Regulation No 207/2009 – None – Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 – Article 72(3) – Power of the General Court to alter the decision of the Board of Appeal – Limits)

1. EU trade mark – Definition and acquisition of the EU trade mark – Absolute grounds for refusal – Separate examination of the various grounds for refusal – Obligation to examine in order the grounds for refusal – None

   (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 7(1))

   (see paragraphs 56, 58-64)
2. EU trade mark – Appeals procedure – Action before the EU judicature – Power of the General Court to alter the contested decision – Limits

   (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 72(2) and (3))

   (see paragraphs 68-71)

[See the text of the decision.](https://curia.europa.eu/juris/documents.jsf?num=C-93/23)

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