CELEX: 62020TA0488
Language: en
Date: 2021-07-14 00:00:00
Title: Case T-488/20: Judgment of the General Court of 14 July 2021 — Guerlain v EUIPO (Shape of an oblong, tapered and cylindrical lipstick) (EU trade mark — Application for registration of a three-dimensional EU trade mark — Shape of an oblong, tapered and cylindrical lipstick — Absolute ground for refusal — Distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

30.8.2021   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 349/36
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 14 July 2021 — Guerlain v EUIPO (Shape of an oblong, tapered and cylindrical lipstick)
      (Case T-488/20) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Application for registration of a three-dimensional EU trade mark - Shape of an oblong, tapered and cylindrical lipstick - Absolute ground for refusal - Distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
      (2021/C 349/50)
      Language of the case: French
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Guerlain (Paris, France) (represented by: T. de Haan, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: S. Pétrequin, A. Folliard-Monguiral and V. Ruzek, acting as Agents)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 2 June 2020 (Case R 2292/2019-1), relating to an application for registration of a three-dimensional sign consisting in the shape of an oblong, tapered and cylindrical lipstick as an EU trade mark.
      
         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 2 June 2020 (Case R 2292/2019-1);
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders EUIPO to pay the costs, including the costs necessarily incurred by Guerlain for the purposes of the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 320, 28.9.2020.