Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2022:172
Date: 2022-03-30
Language of the case: German
Court formation: Second Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Germany

Judgment of the General Court of 30 March 2022 – Hesse v EUIPO – Wedl & Hofmann (Testa Rossa) (Case T-451/21) 1 (EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for the EU word mark Testa Rossa – Earlier EU figurative mark TESTA ROSSA – Relative ground for refusal – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)) Language of the case: German Parties Applicant: Kurt Hesse (Nuremberg, Germany) (represented by: M. Krogmann, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: M. Eberl and E. Markakis, acting as Agents) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Wedl & Hofmann GmbH (Mils/Hall in Tyrol, Austria) (represented by: T. Raubal, lawyer) Re: Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 20 May 2021 (Case R 878/2020-1), relating to opposition proceedings between Wedl & Hofmann and Mr Hesse. Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders Mr Kurt Hesse to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 368, 13.9.2021.