Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2025:489
Date: 2025-05-14
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Third Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded;Action for annulment - inadmissible;Action for annulment
Origin: Cyprus

Judgment of the General Court of 14 May 2025 – Karneolis v EUIPO – Match Group (KinkySwipe) (Case T-332/24) 1 (EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for the EU word mark KinkySwipe – Earlier national word mark SWIPE – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: Karneolis LTD (Nicosia, Cyprus) (represented by: E. Henao Hoyos, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: M. Eberl, acting as Agent) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Match Group LLC (Dallas, Texas, United States) (represented by: J. Güell Serra, lawyer) Re: By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks annulment of the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 2 May 2024 (Case R 1430/2023-5). Operative part of the judgment The Court: Dismisses the action; Orders Karneolis LTD to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Match Group, LLC; Declares that the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) shall bear its own costs. ____________ 1 OJ C C/2024/4974, 19.8.2024.