Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2022:321
Date: 2022-06-01
Language of the case: English
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded

Judgment of the General Court of 1 June 2022 – Krasnyj Octyabr v EUIPO – Pokój (KRÓWKA MLECZNA Milk FUDGE) (Case T-363/20) 1 (EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU figurative mark KRÓWKA MLECZNA Milk FUDGE – Earlier international figurative mark KOPOBKA KOROVKA – Relative ground for refusal – No likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) and Article 53(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) and Article 60(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 – Right to be heard – Article 94(1) of Regulation 2017/1001) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: PAO Moscow Confectionery Factory ‘Krasnyj Octyabr’ (Moscow, Russia) (represented by: M. Geitz and J. Stock, lawyers) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: A. Söder and V. Ruzek, acting as Agents) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Spółdzielnia ‘Pokój’ (Bielsko-Biała, Poland) (represented by: E. Pijewska and M. Mazurek, lawyers) Re: By its action based on Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks annulment of the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 7 April 2020 (Case R 1532/2019-1). Operative part of the judgment The Court: Dismisses the action; Orders PAO Moscow Confectionery Factory ‘Krasnyj Octyabr’ to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 255, 3.8.2020.