Judgment of the General Court of 28 February 2024 – Atomico Investment v EUIPO – Gomes Tominaga (atomic fund)

(Case T-98/23)  (1)

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the EU figurative mark atomic fund - Earlier EU word mark ATOMICO - Lack of evidence of the reputation of the earlier mark - Article 8(5) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Remittal of the case to the Opposition Division)

(C/2024/2615)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Atomico Investment Holdings Ltd (Road Town, British Virgin Islands) (represented by: S. Malynicz, Barrister-at-Law)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: P. Georgieva, D. Gája and V. Ruzek, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Augusto Gomes Tominaga (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 9 December 2022 (Case R 324/2022-2).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

(1)   OJ C 127, 11.4.2023.