CELEX: 62021TA0188
Language: en
Date: 2021-12-15 00:00:00
Title: Case T-188/21: Judgment of the General Court of 15 December 2021 — Lück v EUIPO — R. H. Investment (MALLE) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU word mark MALLE — Absolute grounds for refusal — Descriptive character — No distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation 2017/1001 — Ineffective nature of the single plea in law)

21.2.2022   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 84/40
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 15 December 2021 — Lück v EUIPO — R. H. Investment (MALLE)
      (Case T-188/21) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU word mark MALLE - Absolute grounds for refusal - Descriptive character - No distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation 2017/1001 - Ineffective nature of the single plea in law)
      (2022/C 84/56)
      Language of the case: German
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Jörg Lück (Hilden, Germany) (represented by: L. Becker, 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: R. H. Investment UG (haftungsbeschränkt) (Erlangen, Germany) (represented by: M. Metzner and M. Scheiner, lawyers)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 21 December 2020 (Case R 1393/2020-5), relating to invalidity proceedings between R. H. Investment and Mr Lück.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders Jörg Lück to pay the costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 217, 7.6.2021.