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Document 62023TA0345
Case T-345/23: Judgment of the General Court of 3 July 2024 – AC Marca Brands v EUIPO – den Ouden (SANITIEN) (EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for the EU word mark SANITIEN – Earlier EU figurative and word marks SANYTOL – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 – Increased distinctiveness of earlier marks)
Case T-345/23: Judgment of the General Court of 3 July 2024 – AC Marca Brands v EUIPO – den Ouden (SANITIEN) (EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for the EU word mark SANITIEN – Earlier EU figurative and word marks SANYTOL – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 – Increased distinctiveness of earlier marks)
Case T-345/23: Judgment of the General Court of 3 July 2024 – AC Marca Brands v EUIPO – den Ouden (SANITIEN) (EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for the EU word mark SANITIEN – Earlier EU figurative and word marks SANYTOL – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 – Increased distinctiveness of earlier marks)
OJ C, C/2024/4964, 19.8.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/4964/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/2024/4964 |
19.8.2024 |
Judgment of the General Court of 3 July 2024 – AC Marca Brands v EUIPO – den Ouden (SANITIEN)
(Case T-345/23) (1)
(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the EU word mark SANITIEN - Earlier EU figurative and word marks SANYTOL - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Increased distinctiveness of earlier marks)
(C/2024/4964)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: AC Marca Brands, SL (Alcobendas, Spain) (represented by: D. Pellisé Urquiza and J.C. Quero Navarro, lawyers)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: D. Stoyanova-Valchanova, acting as Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Julia den Ouden (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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 19 April 2023 (Case R 1733/2022-1).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Annuls the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 19 April 2023 (Case R 1733/2022-1); |
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Orders EUIPO to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by AC Marca Brands, SL for the purposes of the proceedings before the General Court; |
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Dismisses the action as to the remainder. |
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/4964/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)