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(Case T-372/21) (1)
(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU word mark Sympathy Inside - Earlier EU word mark INSIDE. - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) - Genuine use of the earlier mark - Point (a) of the second subparagraph of Article 15(1) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now point (a) of the second subparagraph of Article 18(1) of Regulation 2017/1001) - No alteration of distinctive character)
(2023/C 155/62)
Language of the case: English
Applicant: Sympatex Technologies GmbH (Unterföhring, Germany) (represented by: E. Strauß, lawyer)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: G. Predonzani and D. Gája, acting as Agents)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Liwe Española, SA (Puente Tocinos, Spain) (represented by: Á. Pérez Lluna, lawyer)
By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 26 April 2021 (Case R 1777/2018-5).
The Court:
1.Dismisses the action;
2.Orders Sympatex Technologies GmbH to pay the costs.
(1) OJ C 329, 16.8.2021.