Judgment of the General Court of 12 July 2023 — mBank v EUIPO — European Merchant Bank (EMBANK European Merchant Bank)

(Case T-261/22) (1)

(EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU figurative mark EMBANK European Merchant Bank - Earlier EU figurative mark mBank - Earlier national word mark mBank - Relative ground for refusal - No likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) and Article 60(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Article 95(2) of Regulation 2017/1001 - Article 27(4) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/625 - Document submitted for the first time before the Board of Appeal)

(2023/C 329/32)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: mBank S.A. (Warsaw, Poland) (represented by: E. Skrzydło-Tefelska, M. Stępkowski and M. Oleksyn, lawyers)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: European Merchant Bank UAB (Vilnius, Lithuania) (represented by G. Pranevičius, lawyer)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment and the alteration of the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 22 February 2022 (Case R 1845/2020-5).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.	Dismisses the action;

2.	Orders mBank S.A. to pay the costs.

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(1)   OJ C 257, 4.7.2022.