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Document 62022TA0491

    Case T-491/22: Judgment of the General Court of 19 April 2023 — Zitro International v EUIPO — e-gaming (Smiley wearing a top hat) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for an EU figurative mark representing a smiley wearing a top hat — Earlier EU figurative mark representing a fantasy figure — Relative ground for refusal — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

    OJ C 189, 30.5.2023, p. 31–31 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

    30.5.2023   

    EN

    Official Journal of the European Union

    C 189/31

    Judgment of the General Court of 19 April 2023 — Zitro International v EUIPO — e-gaming (Smiley wearing a top hat)

    (Case T-491/22) (1)

    (EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for an EU figurative mark representing a smiley wearing a top hat - Earlier EU figurative mark representing a fantasy figure - Relative ground for refusal - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

    (2023/C 189/41)

    Language of the case: English

    Parties

    Applicant: Zitro International Sàrl (Luxembourg, Luxembourg) (represented by: A. Canela Giménez, lawyer)

    Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: D. Stoyanova-Valchanova and D. Gája, acting as Agents)

    Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: e-gaming s. r. o. (Prague, Czech Republic)

    Re:

    By its action brought under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks annulment of the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 30 May 2022 (Case R 2005/2021-4).

    Operative part of the judgment

    The Court:

    1.

    Dismisses the action;

    2.

    Orders Zitro International Sàrl to bear its own costs;

    3.

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

    (1)  OJ C 380, 3.10.2022.

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