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... fusal – Descriptiveness – Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

In Case T‑48/20,

Sahaj Marg Spirituality Foundation, established in Manapakkam (India), represented by E. Manresa Medina, lawyer,

applicant,

v

European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), represented by E. Sliwinska and V. Ruzek, acting as Agents,

defendant,

ACTION brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 26 November 2019 (Case R 1266/2019-4), relating to the international registration designating the European Union in respect of the figurative mark Heartfulness,

THE GENERAL COURT (Sixth Chamber),

composed of A. Marcoulli, President, S. Frimodt Nielsen and R. Norkus (Rapporteur), Judges,

Registrar: E. Coulon,

having regard to the application lodged at the Court Registry on 28 January 2020,

having regard to the response lodged at the Court Registry on 23 July 2020,

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

Background to the dispute

1. On 19 April 2018, the applicant, Sahaj Marg Spirituality Foundation, designated the European Union for international registration No 1433232. That registration was notified to the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017 on ...