Judgment;Information — ECLI:EU:T:2023:616
Date: 2023-10-11
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Third Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Germany

Judgment of the General Court of 11 October 2023 – Dr. Rudolf Liebe Nachfolger v EUIPO – Bit Beauty (ayuna LESS IS BEAUTY) (Case T-490/22) 1 (EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – International registration designating the European Union – Figurative mark ayuna LESS IS BEAUTY – Earlier EU word mark AJONA – Relative ground for refusal – No likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: Dr. Rudolf Liebe Nachfolger GmbH & Co. KG (Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Germany) (represented by: E. Stolz, U. Stelzenmüller, H. Meyerfeldt and J. Weiser, lawyers) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: J. Ivanauskas and V. Ruzek, acting as Agents) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Bit Beauty, SL (Barcelona, Spain) (represented by: J. Gallego Jiménez, E. Sanz Valls, P. Bauzá Martínez and Y. Hernández Viñes, lawyers) Re: By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 2 June 2022 (Case R 982/2021-2). Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders Dr. Rudolf Liebe Nachfolger GmbH & Co. KG to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 368, 26.9.2022.