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

In Case T‑92/23,

Timothy Jacob Jensen Studios A/S, established in Højslev (Denmark), represented by J. Løje, lawyer,

applicant,

v

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

defendant,

THE GENERAL COURT (Seventh Chamber),

composed of K. Kowalik-Bańczyk, President, E. Buttigieg and G. Hesse (Rapporteur), Judges,

Registrar: G. Mitrev, Administrator,

having regard to the written part of the procedure,

further to the hearing on 10 November 2023,

gives the following

Judgment

1. By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant, Timothy Jacob Jensen Studios A/S, seeks the annulment of the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 29 November 2022 (Case R 1149/2022-4) (‘the contested decision’).

Background to the dispute

2. On 17 August 2021, the applicant obtained from the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) international registration No 1626949 designating the European Union in respect of the word sign DESIGNERS TRUST. That international registration was notified to EUIPO on 18 November 2021, pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017 on the European Union trade mark (OJ 2017 L 154, p. 1).

3. The services in respect of which protection of the international registration was sought are in Classes 35 and 42 of the Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes ...