Information;Order — ECLI:EU:T:2023:325
Date: 2023-06-08
Language of the case: French
Court formation: First Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Malta

Order of the General Court of 8 June 2023 – XNT v EUIPO – Exane (EXANE) (Case T-568/22) 1 (EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU word mark EXANE – Earlier company name EXANTE – Domain name ‘exante.eu’ – Relative ground for invalidity – Article 8(4) and Article 53(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(4) and Article 60(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) – Action manifestly lacking any foundation in law) Language of the case: French Parties Applicant: XNT ltd. (St. Julian’s, Malta) (represented by: A. Renck, C. Stöber and M.-A. de Dampierre, lawyers) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: C. Bovar and D. Hanf, acting as Agents) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Exane (Paris, France) (represented by: C.-A. Joly, lawyer) 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 14 June 2022 (Case R 2093/2020-2). Operative part of the order 1. The action is dismissed. 2. XNT ltd. shall bear its own costs and pay those incurred by Exane. 3. The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) shall bear its own costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 418, 31.10.2022.