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Series C
25.3.2024
(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the EU figurative mark SALVAJE - Earlier national word mark SALVANA - 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 - Article 42(2) and (3) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 47(2) and (3) of Regulation 2017/1001)
(C/2024/2162)
Language of the case: English
Applicant: Tiendanimal Comercio Electronico de Articulos para Mascotas, S.L, (Malaga, Spain) (represented by: S. Correa Rodríguez, lawyer)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: P. Villani and V. Ruzek, acting as Agents)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Salvana Tiernahrung GmbH, (Klein Offenseth-Sparrieshoop, Germany) (represented by K. Wagner and M. Kefferpütz, lawyers)
By its action based on Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks annulment of the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 7 November 2022 (Case R 2192/2021-5).
The Court:
1.Dismisses the action;
2.Orders Tiendanimal Comercio Electronico de Articulos para Mascotas, S.L, in addition to bearing its own costs, to pay those incurred by Salvana Tiernahrung GmbH;
3.Declares that the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) shall bear its own costs.
(1) OJ C 112, 27.3.2023.
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/2162/oj
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