Judgment of the General Court of 17 April 2024 – Insider v EUIPO – Alaj (in Insajderi)

(Case T-119/23)  (1)

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU figurative mark in Insajderi - Earlier national word mark INSAJDERI and earlier national figurative mark in Insajderi Gazetë online - Relative ground for refusal - Article 8(3) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Extent of the examination to be carried out by the Board of Appeal - Article 27(2) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/625 - Failure to submit evidence - Translation - Article 7 of Delegated Regulation 2018/625 - Right to be heard - Article 41 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights - Article 94(1) of Regulation 2017/1001 - Possibility for the Board of Appeal to accept evidence submitted for the first time before it - Article 27(4) of Delegated Regulation 2018/625 - Article 95(2) of Regulation 2017/1001)

(C/2024/3465)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Insider LLC (Pristina, Republic of Kosovo) (represented by: M. Ketler, lawyer)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Florim Alaj (Zug, Switzerland)

Re:

By its action based on Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks annulment of the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 5 December 2022 (Case R 1152/2022-5).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

(1)   OJ C 155, 2.5.2023.