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Document 62021TA0610
Case T-610/21: Judgment of the General Court of 9 November 2022 — L’Oréal v EUIPO — Heinze (K K WATER) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU figurative mark K K WATER — Earlier EU figurative mark K — Relative ground for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
Case T-610/21: Judgment of the General Court of 9 November 2022 — L’Oréal v EUIPO — Heinze (K K WATER) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU figurative mark K K WATER — Earlier EU figurative mark K — Relative ground for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
Case T-610/21: Judgment of the General Court of 9 November 2022 — L’Oréal v EUIPO — Heinze (K K WATER) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU figurative mark K K WATER — Earlier EU figurative mark K — Relative ground for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
OJ C 15, 16.1.2023, p. 39–39
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
16.1.2023 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 15/39 |
Judgment of the General Court of 9 November 2022 — L’Oréal v EUIPO — Heinze (K K WATER)
(Case T-610/21) (1)
(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU figurative mark K K WATER - Earlier EU figurative mark K - Relative ground for refusal - No likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
(2023/C 15/50)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: L’Oréal (Paris, France) (represented by: T. de Haan, lawyer)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: M. Eberl and D. Gája, acting as Agents)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Arne-Patrik Heinze (Hamburg, Germany) (represented by: N. Dauskardt, lawyer)
Re:
By its action based on Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 21 June 2021 (Case R 2327/2020-2).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. |
Annuls the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 21 June 2021 (Case R 2327/2020-2); |
2. |
Orders EUIPO to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by L’Oréal, including those incurred for the purposes of the proceedings before the Board of Appeal; |
3. |
Orders Mr Arne-Patrik Heinze to bear his own costs. |