Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2023:92
Date: 2023-03-01
Language of the case: English
Court formation: First Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Netherlands

Judgment of the General Court of 1 March 2023 – Lifestyle Equities v EUIPO – Greenwich Polo Club (GREENWICH POLO CLUB GPC 2002) (Case T-217/22) 1 (EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU figurative mark GREENWICH POLO CLUB GPC 2002 – Earlier EU figurative mark BEVERLY HILLS POLO CLUB – Relative ground for invalidity – No likelihood of confusion – No similarity of the goods – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: Lifestyle Equities CV (Amstelveen, Netherlands) (represented by: S. Terpstra, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: T. Klee and T. Frydendahl, acting as Agents) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Greenwich Polo Club, Inc. (Greenwich, Connecticut, United States) Re: By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 9 February 2022 (Case R 1063/2021-4). Operative part of the judgment The Court: Dismisses the action; Orders Lifestyle Equities CV and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) to bear their own respective costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 237, 20.6.2022.