Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2025:54
Date: 2025-01-22
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Seventh Chamber, Extended Composition
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - successful;Action for annulment - inadmissible
Origin: Greece

Judgment of the General Court of 22 January 2025 – Fly Persia and Ali Barmodeh v EUIPO – Dubai Aviation (flyPersia) (Case T-30/23) 1 (EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for EU figurative mark flyPersia – Earlier EU figurative mark flydubai – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) Language of the case: English Parties Applicants: Fly Persia IKE (Athens, Greece), Ali Barmodeh (Athens) (represented by: R. Marano, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: R. Raponi, acting as Agent) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Dubai Aviation Corp. (Dubai, United Arab Emirates) Re: By their action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicants seek the annulment of the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 24 November 2022 (Case R 1723/2021-4). Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. Annuls the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 24 November 2022 (Case R 1723/2021-4); 2. Dismisses the action as to the remainder; 3. Orders EUIPO to pay the costs, including the costs necessarily incurred by Fly Persia IKE and Mr Ali Barmodeh for the purposes of the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO. ____________ 1 OJ C 104, 20.3.2023.