Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2025:419
Date: 2025-04-30
Language of the case: English
Court formation: First Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded;Action for annulment
Origin: Germany

Judgment of the General Court of 30 April 2025 – AirPlus International v EUIPO – Repsol (R+) (Case T-241/24) 1 (EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for EU figurative mark R+ – Earlier EU word marks AirPlus International, AirPlus Connect and AirPlus CardControl and figurative mark AirPlus INTERNATIONAL – Relative ground for refusal – 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, formerly Lufthansa AirPlus Servicekarten GmbH (Neu-Isenburg, Germany) (represented by: R. Kunze, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: E. Markakis and V. Ruzek, acting as Agents) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Repsol, SA (Madrid, Spain) 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 27 February 2024 (Case R 1433/2023-2). Operative part of the judgment The Court: Dismisses the action; Orders AirPlus International GmbH to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C C/2024/3795, 24.6.2024.