Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2025:329
Date: 2025-03-26
Language of the case: English
Court formation: First Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded

Judgment of the General Court of 26 March 2025 – Shenzhen Starlink Network Technology v EUIPO – Mirus Beheer (VA VIVAIA) (Case T-1090/23) 1 (EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU figurative mark VA VIVAIA – Earlier EU word mark VIA VAI – Relative ground for invalidity – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) and Article 60(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: Shenzhen Starlink Network Technology Co., Ltd (Shenzhen, China), authorised to replace Starwe Global Holding Inc. (represented by: M. Rieger-Jansen and N. Dorenbosch, lawyers) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: E. Markakis, acting as Agent) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Mirus Beheer BV (Kaatsheuvel, Netherlands) Re: By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment and the alteration of the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 1 September 2023 (Case R 2306/2022-5). Operative part of the judgment The Court: Authorises Shenzhen Starlink Network Technology Co., Ltd to replace Starwe Global Holding Inc. as applicant; Dismisses the action; Orders Shenzhen Starlink Network Technology to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C C/2024/752, 22.1.2024.