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Case T-136/23: Judgment of the General Court of 6 November 2024 – Vintae Luxury Wine Specialists v EUIPO – Grande Vitae (vintae) (EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU figurative mark Vintae – Earlier national word mark VITAE – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 – Evidence submitted for the first time before the Board of Appeal – Article 27(4) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/625 – No limitation in consequence of acquiescence – Article 53(2) of Regulation No 40/94)
Case T-136/23: Judgment of the General Court of 6 November 2024 – Vintae Luxury Wine Specialists v EUIPO – Grande Vitae (vintae) (EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU figurative mark Vintae – Earlier national word mark VITAE – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 – Evidence submitted for the first time before the Board of Appeal – Article 27(4) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/625 – No limitation in consequence of acquiescence – Article 53(2) of Regulation No 40/94)
Case T-136/23: Judgment of the General Court of 6 November 2024 – Vintae Luxury Wine Specialists v EUIPO – Grande Vitae (vintae) (EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU figurative mark Vintae – Earlier national word mark VITAE – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 – Evidence submitted for the first time before the Board of Appeal – Article 27(4) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/625 – No limitation in consequence of acquiescence – Article 53(2) of Regulation No 40/94)
OJ C, C/2025/64, 6.1.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/64/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/2025/64 |
6.1.2025 |
Judgment of the General Court of 6 November 2024 – Vintae Luxury Wine Specialists v EUIPO – Grande Vitae (vintae)
(Case T-136/23) (1)
(EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU figurative mark Vintae - Earlier national word mark VITAE - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 - Evidence submitted for the first time before the Board of Appeal - Article 27(4) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/625 - No limitation in consequence of acquiescence - Article 53(2) of Regulation No 40/94)
(C/2025/64)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Vintae Luxury Wine Specialists SLU (Logroño, Spain) (represented by: L.M. Broschat García and L.M. Polo Flores, lawyers)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: T. Klee, acting as Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Grande Vitae GmbH (Delmenhorst, Germany) (represented by: C. Saettel, lawyer)
Re:
By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 16 January 2023 (Case R 2238/2021-1).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Dismisses the action; |
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Orders Vintae Luxury Wine Specialists SLU to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Grande Vitae GmbH; |
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Orders the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) to bear its own costs. |
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/64/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)