Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2022:88
Date: 2022-02-23
Language of the case: German
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Germany

Judgment of the General Court of 23 February 2022 – Lackmann Fleisch- und Feinkostfabrik v EUIPO – Schuju (Хозяин) (Case T-184/21) 1 (EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU word mark Хозяин – Earlier national figurative mark хозяюшка – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) Language of the case: German Parties Applicant: Lackmann Fleisch- und Feinkostfabrik GmbH (Bühl, Germany) (represented by: A. Lingenfelser, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: M. Eberl and D. Walicka, acting as Agents) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Peter Schuju (Borchen, Germany) (represented by: K. Borstel, lawyer) Re: Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 9 December 2020 (Case R 2729/2019-1), relating to invalidity proceedings between Mr Schuju and Lackmann Fleisch- und Feinkostfabrik. Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders Lackmann Fleisch- und Feinkostfabrik GmbH to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 242, 21.6.2021.