Judgment of the General Court of 17 April 2024 – Coinbase v EUIPO – Coinbase Global (coinbase)

(Case T-126/22)  (1)

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the EU word mark coinbase - International registration of the earlier word mark COINBASE - International registration of the earlier figurative mark coinbase exchange - Relative ground for refusal - No likelihood of confusion - No similarity of the goods and services - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

(C/2024/3457)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Coinbase, Inc., (Oakland, California, United States) (represented by: A. Nordemann and M. Maier, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: M. Eberl and E. Nicolás Gómez, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Coinbase Global OÜ (Tallinn, Estonia)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 20 December 2021 (Case R 1097/2021-4)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

(1)   OJ C 171, 25.4.2022.