Action brought on 22 January 2024 – OMV v EUIPO (Combination of the colours blue and green)
(Case T-38/24)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: OMV AG (Vienna, Austria) (represented by: C. Schumacher and B. Kapeller-Hirsch, lawyers)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office
Details of the proceedings before EUIPO
Trade mark at issue: International registration designating the European Union in respect of the colour mark (Combination of the colours blue and green) – Application for registration No 1 593 116
Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 8 November 2023 in Case R 798/2023-5
Form of order sought
The applicant claims that the Court should:
annul the contested decision;
order EUIPO to pay the costs.
Pleas in law
Infringement of Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;
Lack of adequate reasoning;
Infringement of the general principles of legal certainty, equal treatment and sound administration.
____________