11.4.2023

Official Journal of the European Union

C 127/36

(Case T-82/22) (*)

(EU trade mark - Application for European Union word mark BAMBU - Absolute grounds for refusal - Descriptive character - Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

(2023/C 127/45)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Bambu Sales, Inc. (Secaucus, New Jersey, United States) (represented by: T. Stein, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: M. Eberl and T. Frydendahl, acting as Agents)

Re:

By its action based on Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks annulment of the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 16 December 2021 (Case R 1702/2020-1).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.Annuls the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 16 December 2021 (Case R 1702/2020-1) in so far as it concerns the following goods: vaporisers for the ingestion and inhalation of tobacco and other herbal matter; electronic smoking vaporisers, namely electronic cigarettes, and electronic smoking vaporisers for use as an alternative to traditional cigarettes; smoker’s vaporiser pipe cartridge sold empty; cigar cutters; electric cigarettes; electric cigars; electronic cigarettes; electronic cigarette refill cartridges sold empty; electronic cigars; hookah parts, namely hoses; liquefied gas cylinders for cigarette lighters; smoker’s articles, namely metal pocket-sized receptacles with lids for cigarette butts; smoking pipe cleaners; tobacco pipe cleaners;

2.Dismisses the action as to the remainder;

3.Orders Bambu Sales, Inc. and EUIPO to bear their own costs.

(*)

Language of the case: English.

(1) OJ C 148, 4.4.2022.

ECLI:EU:C:2023:140