EN
C 207/40
Official Journal of the European Union
23.5.2022
Judgment of the General Court of 30 March 2022 — Établissement Amra v EUIPO — eXpresio (Shape of a rebound shoe) (Case T-264/21) (1) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU three-dimensional mark — Shape of a rebound shoe — Absolute ground for refusal — Sign consisting exclusively of the shape of goods which is necessary to obtain a technical result — Article 7(1)(e)(ii) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Presence of word elements — Lack of essential non-functional characteristics) (2022/C 207/52) Language of the case: Spanish Parties Applicant: Établissement Amra (Vaduz, Liechtenstein) (represented by: M. Gómez Calvo, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: J. Crespo Carrillo, acting as Agent) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: eXpresio, estudio creativo, SL (La Nucia, Spain) Re: Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 15 March 2021 (Case R 1083/2020-1), relating to invalidity proceedings between Établissement Amra and eXpresio, estudio creativo.
Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1.
Annuls the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 15 March 2021 (Case R 1083/2020-1); 2.
Orders EUIPO to pay the costs.
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OJ C 263, 5.7.2021.
Judgment of the General Court of 30 March 2022 — Hesse v EUIPO — Wedl & Hofmann (Testa Rossa) (Case T-451/21) (1) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU word mark Testa Rossa — Earlier EU figurative mark TESTA ROSSA — Relative ground for refusal — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)) (2022/C 207/53) Language of the case: German Parties Applicant: Kurt Hesse (Nuremberg, Germany) (represented by: M. Krogmann, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: M. Eberl and E. Markakis, acting as Agents) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Wedl & Hofmann GmbH (Mils/Hall in Tyrol, Austria) (represented by: T. Raubal, lawyer) Re: Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 20 May 2021 (Case R 878/2020-1), relating to opposition proceedings between Wedl & Hofmann and Mr Hesse.