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Document 62023TA1066
Joined Cases T-1066/23 to T-1069/23: Judgment of the General Court of 26 February 2025 – Schweppes International v EUIPO – May (MAY TEA) (EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU figurative marks MAY TEA – International registration of the earlier figurative marks МАЙСКИЙ – International registration of the earlier word mark МАЙСКИЙ ЧАЙ – 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))
Joined Cases T-1066/23 to T-1069/23: Judgment of the General Court of 26 February 2025 – Schweppes International v EUIPO – May (MAY TEA) (EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU figurative marks MAY TEA – International registration of the earlier figurative marks МАЙСКИЙ – International registration of the earlier word mark МАЙСКИЙ ЧАЙ – 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))
Joined Cases T-1066/23 to T-1069/23: Judgment of the General Court of 26 February 2025 – Schweppes International v EUIPO – May (MAY TEA) (EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU figurative marks MAY TEA – International registration of the earlier figurative marks МАЙСКИЙ – International registration of the earlier word mark МАЙСКИЙ ЧАЙ – 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))
OJ C, C/2025/2199, 22.4.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/2199/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)
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Official Journal |
EN C series |
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C/2025/2199 |
22.4.2025 |
Judgment of the General Court of 26 February 2025 – Schweppes International v EUIPO – May (MAY TEA)
(Joined Cases T-1066/23 to T-1069/23) (1)
(EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU figurative marks MAY TEA - International registration of the earlier figurative marks МАЙСКИЙ - International registration of the earlier word mark МАЙСКИЙ ЧАЙ - 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))
(C/2025/2199)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Schweppes International Ltd (London, United Kingdom) (represented by: G. Bloret-Pucci, lawyer)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: M. Eberl, acting as Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: May OOO (Fryazino, Russia) (represented by: M. Knitter, lawyer)
Re:
By its actions under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment and the alteration of the decisions of the First Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 29 August 2023 (Cases R 72/2022-1, R 77/2022-1, R 75/2022-1 and R 73/2022-1).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Annuls the decisions of the First Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 29 August 2023 (Cases R 72/2022-1, R 77/2022-1, R 75/2022-1 and R 73/2022-1); |
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Dismisses the actions as to the remainder; |
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Orders EUIPO to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Schweppes International Ltd in the proceedings before the General Court; |
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Orders May OOO to bear its own costs. |
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/2199/oj
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