Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2024:193
Date: 2024-03-20
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Eighth Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Netherlands

Judgment of the General Court of 20 March 2024 – Sandhold v EUIPO – Grupo de Bodegas Vinartis (PATAPOUF) (Case T-540/23) 1 (EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for EU word mark PATAPOUF – Earlier EU word mark PATA NEGRA – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: Sandhold BV (Leiden, Netherlands) (represented by: A. Spiegeler, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: M. Eberl, acting as Agent) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Grupo de Bodegas Vinartis, SA (Madrid, Spain) Re: By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks partial annulment of the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 1 June 2023 (Case R 2553/2022-2). Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders each party to bear its own costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 223, 23.10.2023.