Judgment;Information — ECLI:EU:T:2023:200
Date: 2023-04-19
Language of the case: German
Court formation: Third Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Germany

Judgment of the General Court of 19 April 2023 – Gerhard Grund Gerüste v EUIPO – Josef-Grund-Gerüstbau (Josef Grund Gerüstbau) (Case T-749/21) 1 (EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU word mark Josef Grund Gerüstbau – Earlier national figurative mark grund – Relative ground for invalidity – No likelihood of confusion – No similarity between the signs – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) Language of the case: German Parties Applicant: Gerhard Grund Gerüste e. K. (Kamp-Lintfort, Germany) (represented by: P. Lee, 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: Josef-Grund-Gerüstbau GmbH (Erfurt, Germany) (represented by: T. Staupendahl, lawyer) 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 September 2021 (Case R 1925/2020-1). Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders Gerhard Grund Gerüste e. K. to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 37, 24.1.2022.