Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2023:310
Date: 2023-06-07
Language of the case: English
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 7 June 2023 – Sanity Group v EUIPO – AC Marca Brands (Sanity Group) (Case T-541/22) 1 (EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for EU figurative mark Sanity Group – Earlier EU figurative mark SANYTOL – Relative ground for refusal – Detriment to reputation – Article 8(5) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: Sanity Group GmbH (Berlin, Germany) (represented by: B. Koch and V. Wolf, lawyers) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: T. Klee, acting as Agent) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: AC Marca Brands, SL (Barcelona, Spain) (represented by: D. Pellisé Urquiza and J.C. Quero Navarro, lawyers) Re: By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 22 June 2022 (Case R 2107/2021-1). Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders Sanity Group GmbH to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 408, 24.10.2022.