Judgment of the General Court (Tenth Chamber, Extended Composition) of 7 December 2022.#Neoperl AG v European Union Intellectual Property Office.#EU trade mark – Application for an EU trade mark representing a cylindrical sanitary insert part – Tactile position mark – Absolute grounds for refusal – Scope of the law – Court acting of its own motion – Examination of distinctive character by the Board of Appeal – Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) – Sign not capable of constituting an EU trade mark – Absence of a precise and self-contained graphic representation of the tactile impression produced by the sign – Article 4 and Article 7(1)(a) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 4 and Article 7(1)(a) of Regulation 2017/1001).#Case T-487/21.