Judgment of the General Court of 8 November 2023 – Papier-Mettler v EUIPO(Shape of a bag)

(Case T-113/23) ¹

(EU trade mark – Application for a three-dimensional EU trade mark – Shape of a bag – Absolute ground for refusal – No distinctive character – Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: Papier-Mettler KG (Morbach, Germany) (represented by: D. Graetsch and M. Bergermann, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: T. Klee, acting as Agent)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 19 December 2022 (Case R 764/2022-2).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.    Dismisses the action;

2.    Orders each party to bear its own costs.

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¹     OJ C 127, 11.4.2023.