25.4.2022

Official Journal of the European Union

C 171/27

(Case T-669/20) (*)

(EU trade mark - International registration designating the European Union - Figurative mark PLUSCARD - Absolute ground for refusal - Descriptive character - Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

(2022/C 171/34)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Pluscard Service-Gesellschaft für Kreditkarten-Processing mbH (Saarbrücken, Germany) (represented by: M. Dury, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: R. Raponi and J. Crespo Carrillo, acting as Agents)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 14 September 2020 (Case R 638/2020-4), relating to the international registration designating the European Union in respect of the figurative mark PLUSCARD.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.Dismisses the action;

2.Orders Pluscard Service-Gesellschaft für Kreditkarten-Processing mbH to pay the costs.

(*)

Language of the case: English

ECLI:EU:C:2022:140