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(Case T-452/22) (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">1</span>)
(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU word mark Hofmag - Earlier non-registered word mark HOFMAG - Relative ground for refusal - No use in the course of trade of a sign of more than mere local significance - Article 8(4) and Article 60(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
(2023/C 286/34)
Language of the case: English
Applicant: Hofmeir Magnetics Ltd (Witney, United Kingdom) (represented by: S. Baur, lawyer)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: E. Markakis, acting as Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Healthfactories GmbH (Saaldorf-Surheim, Germany) (represented by C. Vischer, 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 3 May 2022 (Case R 1367/2021-5).
The Court:
1.Dismisses the action;
2.Orders Hofmeir Magnetics Ltd to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Healthfactories GmbH;
3.Orders the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) to bear its own costs.
(<span class="oj-super">1</span>) OJ C 340, 5.9.2022