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Document 62023TA0365

    Case T-365/23: Judgment of the General Court of 5 June 2024 – Habitat Barcelona Unión Constructora v EUIPO – Acomodeo Marketplace (ACOMODEO) (EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU word mark ACOMODEO – Earlier national word mark ACOMODIS – Relative ground for invalidity – No likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) and Article 53(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) and Article 60(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) – Genuine use of the earlier mark – Article 57(2) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 64(2) of Regulation 2017/1001))

    OJ C, C/2024/4473, 22.7.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/4473/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/2024/4473/oj

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    C/2024/4473

    22.7.2024

    Judgment of the General Court of 5 June 2024 – Habitat Barcelona Unión Constructora v EUIPO – Acomodeo Marketplace (ACOMODEO)

    (Case T-365/23)  (1)

    (EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU word mark ACOMODEO - Earlier national word mark ACOMODIS - Relative ground for invalidity - No likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) and Article 53(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) and Article 60(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) - Genuine use of the earlier mark - Article 57(2) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 64(2) of Regulation 2017/1001))

    (C/2024/4473)

    Language of the case: English

    Parties

    Applicant: Habitat Barcelona Unión Constructora SL (Barcelona, Spain) (represented by: R. Guerras Mazón, lawyer)

    Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: T. Frydendahl, acting as Agent)

    Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Acomodeo Marketplace GmbH (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) (represented by: S. Fröhlich, lawyer)

    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 28 March 2023 (Case R 713/2022-4).

    Operative part of the judgment

    The Court:

    1.

    Dismisses the action;

    2.

    Orders Habitat Barcelona Unión Constructora SL to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Acomodeo Marketplace GmbH;

    3.

    Orders the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) to bear its own costs.


    (1)   OJ C 304, 28.8.2023.


    ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/4473/oj

    ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)


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