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Case T-609/22: Order of the General Court of 23 August 2023 — Nienaber v EUIPO — St. Hippolyt Mühle Ebert (BoneKare) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU word mark BoneKare — Absolute ground for invalidity — Descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) and Article 52(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(c) and Article 59(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Examination of the facts of EUIPO’s own motion — Article 95(1) of Regulation 2017/1001 — Action manifestly lacking any foundation in law)
Case T-609/22: Order of the General Court of 23 August 2023 — Nienaber v EUIPO — St. Hippolyt Mühle Ebert (BoneKare) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU word mark BoneKare — Absolute ground for invalidity — Descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) and Article 52(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(c) and Article 59(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Examination of the facts of EUIPO’s own motion — Article 95(1) of Regulation 2017/1001 — Action manifestly lacking any foundation in law)
Case T-609/22: Order of the General Court of 23 August 2023 — Nienaber v EUIPO — St. Hippolyt Mühle Ebert (BoneKare) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU word mark BoneKare — Absolute ground for invalidity — Descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) and Article 52(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(c) and Article 59(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Examination of the facts of EUIPO’s own motion — Article 95(1) of Regulation 2017/1001 — Action manifestly lacking any foundation in law)
OJ C, C/2023/337, 30.10.2023, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/337/oj (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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Official Journal |
EN Series C |
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C/2023/337 |
30.10.2023 |
Order of the General Court of 23 August 2023 — Nienaber v EUIPO — St. Hippolyt Mühle Ebert (BoneKare)
(Case T-609/22) (1)
(EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU word mark BoneKare - Absolute ground for invalidity - Descriptive character - Article 7(1)(c) and Article 52(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(c) and Article 59(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) - Examination of the facts of EUIPO’s own motion - Article 95(1) of Regulation 2017/1001 - Action manifestly lacking any foundation in law)
(C/2023/337)
Language of the case: German
Parties
Applicant: Andreas Nienaber (Cloppenburg, Germany) (represented by: J. Eberhardt, lawyer)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: T. Klee, acting as Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: St. Hippolyt Mühle Ebert GmbH (Dielheim, Germany) (represented by: M. Gail, lawyer)
Re:
By his action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 4 August 2022 (Case R 436/2022-1).
Operative part of the order
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The action is dismissed. |
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Mr Andreas Nienaber shall bear his own costs and pay those incurred by St. Hippolyt Mühle Ebert GmbH. |
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The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) shall bear its own costs. |
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/337/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)