Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2025:685
Date: 2025-07-09
Language of the case: English
Court formation: First Chamber
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Germany

Judgment of the General Court of 9 July 2025 – AirPlus International v EUIPO – Alpian (+a) (Case T-407/24) 1 (EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – International registration designating the European Union – EU figurative mark +a – Earlier EU figurative mark A+ – No likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 – Obligation to state reasons – Article 94(1) of Regulation 2017/1001 – Examination of the facts of EUIPO’s own motion – Article 95(1) of Regulation 2017/1001 – Well-known facts – Refusal of the request for oral proceedings before the Board of Appeal – Article 96(1) of Regulation 2017/1001) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: AirPlus International GmbH (Neu-Isenburg, Germany) (represented by: R. Kunze, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: J. Ivanauskas and V. Ruzek, acting as Agents) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Alpian SA (Geneva, Switzerland) (represented by: M. Schneider, lawyer) Re: By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 23 May 2024 (Case R 1257/2023-2). Operative part of the judgment The Court: Dismisses the action; Orders AirPlus International GmbH to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C, C/2024/5431, 16.9.2024.