Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2024:891
Date: 2024-12-11
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Third Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Germany

Judgment of the General Court of 11 December 2024 – Meica v EUIPO – Lénárd (CHIPSY KINGS) (Case T-157/24) 1 (EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for the EU word mark CHIPSY KINGS – International registration of the earlier word mark Curry King – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 – Examination of the facts of EUIPO’s own motion – Article 95(1) of Regulation 2017/1001) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: Meica Ammerländische Fleischwarenfabrik Fritz Meinen GmbH & Co. KG (Edewecht, Germany) (represented by: S. Russlies, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: J. Ivanauskas, acting as Agent) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: András Lénárd (Sâncrăieni, Romania) Re: By its action under 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 22 January 2024 (Case R 376/2023-5). Operative part of the judgment The Court: Dismisses the action; Orders Meica Ammerländische Fleischwarenfabrik Fritz Meinen GmbH & Co. KG and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) to bear their own costs. ____________ 1 OJ C C/2024/2961, 6.5.2024.