Source: EURLEX
Language: en
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Judgment of the General Court of 11 June 2025 – OMV v EUIPO (Combination of the colours blue and green)

(Case T-38/24)
 [(1)](#ntr1-C_202503897EN.000101-E0001)

(EU trade mark - International registration designating the European Union - Mark consisting in a combination of the colours blue and green - Absolute ground for refusal - No distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Legal certainty - Equal treatment - Sound administration - Obligation to state reasons - Article 94(1) of Regulation 2017/1001)

(C/2025/3897)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: OMV AG (Vienna, Austria) (represented by: C. Schumacher and B. Kapeller-Hirsch, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: E. Nicolás Gómez, acting as Agent)

Interveners in support of the applicant: Marques (Leicester, United Kingdom) (represented by: R. Chalmers Hoynck van Papendrecht, A. Padial Martínez, J. Słupski and S. Fischoeder, lawyers), International Trademark Association (INTA) (New York, New York, United States) (represented by: N. Parrotta, M. Perraki, Y. Øyehaug Opsvik and T. de Haan, 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 8 November 2023 (Case R 798/2023-5).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | Orders each party to bear its own costs. |

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ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/3897/oj

ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)

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