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Case T-581/22: Judgment of the General Court of 31 January 2024 — ECE Group GmbH v EUIPO — ECE Piknik Ürünleri Plastik ve Kömür Üretim Ithalat Ihracat (ECE QUALITY OF LIFE) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU figurative mark ECE QUALITY OF LIFE — Earlier national figurative mark ECE — Relative grounds for refusal — Article 8(1)(b) and (5) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

OJ C, C/2024/2157, 25.3.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/2157/oj (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/2157/oj

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C/2024/2157

25.3.2024

Judgment of the General Court of 31 January 2024 — ECE Group GmbH v EUIPO — ECE Piknik Ürünleri Plastik ve Kömür Üretim Ithalat Ihracat (ECE QUALITY OF LIFE)

(Case T-581/22) (1)

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU figurative mark ECE QUALITY OF LIFE - Earlier national figurative mark ECE - Relative grounds for refusal - Article 8(1)(b) and (5) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

(C/2024/2157)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: ECE Group GmbH & Co. KG (Hamburg, Germany) (represented by: M. Kloth, R. Briske, M. Tillwich and P. Funke, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: R. Raponi and V. Ruzek, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: ECE Piknik Ürünleri Plastik ve Kömür Üretim Ithalat Ihracat Anonim Sirketi (Dilovasi, Türkiye)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the alteration of the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 4 July 2022 (Case R 1384/2021-2).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Dismisses the action;

2.

Orders ECE Group GmbH & Co. KG to pay the costs.


(1)   OJ C 463, 5.12.2022.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/2157/oj

ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)


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