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Cases T-59/23 and T-68/23: Judgment of the General Court of 6 March 2024 - DEC Technologies v EUIPO – Tehnoexport (DEC FLEXIBLE TECHNOLOGIES and Representation of a square with curves)
Cases T-59/23 and T-68/23: Judgment of the General Court of 6 March 2024 - DEC Technologies v EUIPO – Tehnoexport (DEC FLEXIBLE TECHNOLOGIES and Representation of a square with curves)
Cases T-59/23 and T-68/23: Judgment of the General Court of 6 March 2024 - DEC Technologies v EUIPO – Tehnoexport (DEC FLEXIBLE TECHNOLOGIES and Representation of a square with curves)
OJ C, C/2024/2761, 29.4.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/2761/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 C series |
C/2024/2761 |
29.4.2024 |
Judgment of the General Court of 6 March 2024 - DEC Technologies v EUIPO – Tehnoexport (DEC FLEXIBLE TECHNOLOGIES and Representation of a square with curves)
(Cases T-59/23 and T-68/23) (1)
(EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU figurative mark DEC FLEXIBLE TECHNOLOGIES and EU figurative mark representing a square with curves - Absolute ground for invalidity - Bad faith - Article 59(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
(C/2024/2761)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: DEC Technologies BV (Enschede, Netherlands) (represented by: R. Brtka and M. Witzmann, lawyers)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: C. Bovar and E. Markakis, acting as Agents)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Tehnoexport d.o.o. Inđija (Inđija, Serbia) (represented by: C. Schumacher, lawyer)
Re:
By its actions under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decisions of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 6 December 2022 (Case R 2009/2021-5) and of 30 November 2022 (Case R 2012/2021-5).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. |
Joins Cases T-59/23 and T-68/23 for the purposes of the judgment; |
2. |
Dismisses the actions; |
3. |
Orders DEC Technologies BV to pay the costs. |
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/2761/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)