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... al – No distinctive character – Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

In Case T‑634/21,

Rimini Street, Inc., established in Las Vegas, Nevada (United States), represented by E. Ratjen, lawyer,

applicant,

v

European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), represented by R. Raponi and D. Hanf, acting as Agents,

defendant,

THE GENERAL COURT (Ninth Chamber),

composed of M.J. Costeira, President, T. Perišin and I. Dimitrakopoulos (Rapporteur), Judges,

Registrar: E. Coulon,

having regard to the written part of the procedure,

having regard to the fact that no request for a hearing was submitted by the parties within three weeks after service of notification of the close of the written part of the procedure, and having decided to rule on the action without an oral part of the procedure, pursuant to Article 106(3) of the Rules of Procedure of the General Court,

gives the following

Judgment

1. By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant, Rimini Street, Inc., seeks annulment of the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 3 August 2021 (Case R 710/2021-4) (‘the contested decision’).

Background to the dispute

2. On 29 September 2020, the applicant obtained international registration No 1559178 designating the European Union, from the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). That international registration was notified to EUIPO on 5 November 2020. It concerns the word sign WE DO SUPPORT.

3. The international registration at issue had been effected for services in Class 42 of ...