Judgment of the General Court of 13 September 2023 – Ecoalf Recycled Fabrics v EUIPO (BECAUSE THERE IS NO PLANET B)

(Case T-324/22) ¹

(European Union trade mark – Application for the European Union word mark BECAUSE THERE IS NO PLANET B – Absolute ground for refusal – No distinctive character – Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 – Obligation to state reasons – Article 94(1) of Regulation 2017/1001 – Equal treatment)

Language of the case: Spanish

Parties

Applicant: Ecoalf Recycled Fabrics, SL (Madrid, Spain) (represented by: D. Gómez Sánchez, J.L. Gracia Albero and P. Guillén Monge, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: S. Palmero Cabezas, J. Ivanauskas and J.F. Crespo Carillo, acting as Agents)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 29 March 2022 (Case R 1925/2021-5).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.    Dismisses the action;

2.    Orders Ecoalf Recycled Fabrics, SL to pay the costs.

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¹     OJ C 284, 25.7.2022.