EN
5.12.2022
Official Journal of the European Union
C 463/35
Re: By its action based on Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks annulment of the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 23 June 2021 (Joined Cases R 1711/2020-2 and R 1727/2020-2).
Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1.
Annuls the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 23 June 2021 (Joined Cases R 1711/2020-2 et R 1727/2020-2) as regards ‘mattresses; mattress toppers; beds; bed frames; slatted bases for beds; bedding except linen; cushions; pillows; neck-supporting pillows; waterbeds, not for medical purposes; air mattresses’ in Class 20 and ‘bed blankets; bed linen and blankets; ticks [mattress covers]; mattress covers; ticks (mattress and pillow coverings); sleeping bags’ in Class 24; 2.
Dismisses the action as to the remainder; 3.
Orders each party to bear its own costs.
(1)
OJ C 422, 18.10.2021.
Judgment of the General Court of 5 October 2022 — the airscreen company v EUIPO — Moviescreens Rental (airframe) (Case T-539/21) (1) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Figurative mark airframe — Absolute grounds for refusal — No descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) (2022/C 463/48) Language of the case: German Parties Applicant: the airscreen company GmbH & Co. KG (Münster, Germany) (represented by: O. Spieker, A. Schönfleisch and D. Mienert, lawyers) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: T. Klee and D. Hanf, acting as Agents) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Moviescreens Rental GmbH (Damme, Germany) (represented by: D. Schulz and P. Stelzig, lawyers) Re: By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks annulment of the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 1 July 2021 (Case: R 63/2021-4).
Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1.
Dismisses the action; 2.
Orders the airscreen company GmbH & Co.
KG to pay the costs.
(1)
OJ C 422, 18.10.2021.