Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2023:614
Date: 2023-10-11
Language of the case: Spanish
Court formation: Second Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Spain

Judgment of the General Court of 11 October 2023 – Olive Line International v EUIPO – Santa Rita Harinas (SANTARRITA) (Case T52/23) 1 (EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for EU word trade mark SANTARRITA – Earlier EU figurative mark Santa Rita – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 – Proof of genuine use of the earlier trade mark – Article 47(2) of Regulation 2017/1001) Language of the case: Spanish Parties Applicant: Olive Line International, SL (Madrid, Spain) (represented by: K. Guridi Sedlak, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: D. Gája, acting as Agent) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Santa Rita Harinas, SLU (Loranca de Tajuña, Spain) Re: By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 7 December 2022 (Case R 577/2022-5). Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1.Dismisses the action; 2.Orders each party to bear its own costs. ____________ 1OJ C 112, 27.3.2023.