16.8.2022   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 311/11


Judgment of the General Court of 29 June 2022 — Jose A. Alfonso Arpon v EUIPO — Puma (PLUMAflex by Roal)

(Case T-357/21) (1)

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the EU figurative mark PLUMAflex by Roal - Earlier EU figurative mark PUMA - Relative ground for refusal - Damage to reputation - Article 8(5) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

(2022/C 311/15)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Jose A. Alfonso Arpon SL (Arnedo, Spain) (represented by: C. Hernández, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: A. Söder and V. Ruzek, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Puma SE (Herzogenaurach, Germany) (represented by: P. González-Bueno Catalán de Ocón, lawyer)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks annulment of the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 6 April 2021 (Case R 2991/2019-1).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Dismisses the action;

2.

Orders Jose A. Alfonso Arpon SL to pay the costs.


(1)  OJ C 329, 16.8.2021.