Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2023:533
Date: 2023-09-13
Language of the case: English
Court formation: First Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - successful
Origin: Greece

Judgment of the General Court of 13 September 2023 – Korres v EUIPO – Naos (EST. KORRES 1996 HYDRA-BIOME) (Case T-328/22) 1 (EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for the EU figurative mark EST. KORRES 1996 HYDRA-BIOME – Earlier national word mark HYDRABIO – Relative ground for refusal – No likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 – Obligation to state reasons – First sentence of Article 94(1) of Regulation 2017/1001 – Scope of the examination to be carried out by the Board of Appeal – First sentence of Article 95(1) of Regulation 2017/1001) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: Korres AE – Fysika Proionta (Metamorfosi Attikis, Greece) (represented by: S. Tsimikalis, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: T. Frydendahl, acting as Agent) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Naos (Aix-en-Provence, France) (represented by L. Janin-Reynaud, lawyer) Re: 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 23 March 2022 (Case R 1410/2021-5). Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. Annuls the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 23 March 2022 (Case R 1410/2021-5); 2. Orders EUIPO to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Korres AE – Fysika Proionta; 3. Orders Naos to bear its own costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 303, 8.8.2022.