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Series C
(C/2023/223)
Language in which the application was lodged: English
Applicant: Sandhold BV (Leiden, Netherlands) (represented by: A. Spiegeler, lawyer)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Grupo de Bodegas Vinartis, SA (Madrid, Spain)
Applicant of the trade mark at issue: Applicant before the General Court
Trade mark at issue: Application for European Union word mark PATAPOUF — Application for registration No 18 445 273
Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings
Contested decision: Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 1 June 2023 in Case R 2553/2022-2
The applicant claims that the Court should:
—annul the contested decision;
—order EUIPO to bear, in addition to its own costs, those incurred by Sandhold B.V.;
—order Grupo de Bodegas Vinartis, S.A. to bear its own costs.
—Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council in relation to the definition of the ‘relevant public’ for the likelihood of confusion;
—Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council in relation to the assessment of the likelihood of confusion by refusing to proceed to the conceptual comparison and not taking into consideration the high reputation of the product associated with the earlier trade mark.
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/223/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)