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Document 62023TA1186
Case T-1186/23: Judgment of the General Court of 26 March 2025 – Unite Network v EUIPO – Unión Detallistas Españoles (unite mercateo) (EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for EU figurative mark unite mercateo – Earlier national figurative mark UNIDE MARKET SUPERMERCADOS – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
Case T-1186/23: Judgment of the General Court of 26 March 2025 – Unite Network v EUIPO – Unión Detallistas Españoles (unite mercateo) (EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for EU figurative mark unite mercateo – Earlier national figurative mark UNIDE MARKET SUPERMERCADOS – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
Case T-1186/23: Judgment of the General Court of 26 March 2025 – Unite Network v EUIPO – Unión Detallistas Españoles (unite mercateo) (EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for EU figurative mark unite mercateo – Earlier national figurative mark UNIDE MARKET SUPERMERCADOS – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
OJ C, C/2025/2535, 12.5.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/2535/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/2025/2535 |
12.5.2025 |
Judgment of the General Court of 26 March 2025 – Unite Network v EUIPO – Unión Detallistas Españoles (unite mercateo)
(Case T-1186/23) (1)
(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU figurative mark unite mercateo - Earlier national figurative mark UNIDE MARKET SUPERMERCADOS - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
(C/2025/2535)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Unite Network SE (Leipzig, Germany) (represented by: J.-C. Rebling, lawyer)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: J. Ivanauskas, acting as Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Unión Detallistas Españoles S. Coop. (Madrid, Spain) (represented by: I. Gonzalez-Mogena Gonzalez and M. de Justo Bailey, lawyers)
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 21 September 2023 (Case R 219/2023-5).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Dismisses the action; |
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Orders Unite Network SE to pay the costs. |
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/2535/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)