Judgment of the General Court of 12 November 2025 – Centex v EUIPO – Adler Modemärkte (OWN)

(Case T-34/25)  (1)

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU figurative mark OWN - Earlier national word mark my own - Relative grounds for refusal - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Evidence adduced for the first time before the Board of Appeal - Article 95(2) of Regulation 2017/1001 - Article 27(4) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/625 - Proof of genuine use of the earlier mark - Article 47(2) and (3) of Regulation 2017/1001)

(C/2025/6622)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Centex SpA, (Gandino, Italy) (represented by: B. Cartella, lawyer)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Adler Modemärkte GmbH (Haibach, Germany)

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 26 November 2024 (Case R 541/2024-5).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.	Dismisses the action;

2.	Orders Centex SpA and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) each to bear their own costs.

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(1)   OJ C, C/2025/1550, 17.3.2025.