Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2025:313
Date: 2025-03-19
Language of the case: Spanish
Court formation: Third Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded

Judgment of the General Court of 19 March 2025 – Asaş Alüminyum v EUIPO – Asfaltos del Sureste (ASAŞ) (Case T-172/24) 1 (EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – International registration designating the European Union – Figurative mark ASAŞ – Earlier national figurative mark ASSA Asfaltos del Sureste, S.A. – Genuine use of the earlier mark – Article 47(2) and (3) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation 2017/1001) Language of the case: Spanish Parties Applicant: Asaş Alüminyum Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. (Istanbul, Türkiye) (represented by: C. Sánchez Margareto and M. Pastor Palomares, lawyers) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: E. Nicolás Gómez, acting as Agent) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Asfaltos del Sureste, SA (San Pedro Del Pinatar, Spain) 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 26 January 2024 (Case R 1408/2023-4). Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders Asaş Alüminyum Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C C/2024/3179, 21.5.2024.