Official Journal of the European Union

C series

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C/2025/730

(Case T-56/24)

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the EU figurative mark BKT - Earlier international registration designating the European Union - Word mark BTK - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

(C/2025/730)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Birių Krovinių Terminalas UAB (Klaipėda, Lithuania) (represented by: V. Viešūnaitė, lawyer)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: BTK Befrachtungs-und Transportkontor GmbH (Raubling, Germany) (represented by: D. Wiedemann and L. Schene, lawyers)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 4 December 2023 (Case R 637/2023-4).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.Dismisses the action;

2.Orders Birių Krovinių Terminalas UAB to bear its owns costs and to pay those incurred by BTK Befrachtungs-und Transportkontor GmbH;

3.Orders the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) to bear its own costs.

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Language of the case: English.

OJ C C/2024/2057, 18.3.2024.

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/730/oj

ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)

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