do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Case T-1100/23: Judgment of the General Court of 6 November 2024 – IN tIME Express Logistik v EUIPO (inTime AGILE LOGISTICS) (EU trade mark – Application for EU figurative mark inTime Agile Logistics – Absolute grounds for refusal – Descriptive character – No distinctive character – Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 – Obligation to state reasons – Article 94(1) of Regulation 2017/1001)
Date: 2024-11-06
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, business administration, carriage of goods, customs formalities, delivery, logistics, registered trade mark, software, trade-mark law, transport company








C_202500069EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
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C/2025/69


6.1.2025






Judgment of the General Court of 6 November 2024 – IN tIME Express Logistik v EUIPO (inTime AGILE LOGISTICS)


(Case T-1100/23)
                (1)

(EU trade mark - Application for EU figurative mark inTime Agile Logistics - Absolute grounds for refusal - Descriptive character - No distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Obligation to state reasons - Article 94(1) of Regulation 2017/1001)
(C/2025/69)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: IN tIME Express Logistik GmbH (Isernhagen, Germany) (represented by: T. Wittwer, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: T. Klee, acting as Agent)

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 25 September 2023 (Case R 1134/2023-1).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders IN tIME Express Logistik GmbH and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) each to bear their own costs.






(1)  
            OJ C C/2024/756, 22.1.2024.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/69/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-462/22: Judgment of the General Court of 6 November 2024 – Millennium BCP and BCP África v Commission (Madeira Free Zone) (State aid – Madeira Free Zone – Aid scheme implemented by Portugal – Decision finding that the scheme does not comply with Decisions C(2007) 3037 final and C(2013) 4043 final, declaring that scheme to be incompatible with the internal market and ordering recovery of aid paid under it – Obligation to state reasons – Concept of existing aid within the meaning of Article 1(b)(ii) of Regulation (EU) 2015/1589 – No derogation from the condition relating to the creation or maintenance of jobs in the Autonomous Region of Madeira – Principle of sound administration – Principle of sincere cooperation – Legitimate expectations – Legal certainty)
Date: 2024-11-06
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Madeira, Portugal, State aid, aid to undertakings, control of State aid, corporation tax, principle of legal certainty, reimbursement of aid, tax exemption, tax relief








C_202500059EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


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C/2025/59


6.1.2025






Judgment of the General Court of 6 November 2024 – Millennium BCP and BCP África v Commission (Madeira Free Zone)


(Case T-462/22)
                (1)

(State aid - Madeira Free Zone - Aid scheme implemented by Portugal - Decision finding that the scheme does not comply with Decisions C(2007) 3037 final and C(2013) 4043 final, declaring that scheme to be incompatible with the internal market and ordering recovery of aid paid under it - Obligation to state reasons - Concept of ‘existing aid’ within the meaning of Article 1(b)(ii) of Regulation (EU) 2015/1589 - No derogation from the condition relating to the creation or maintenance of jobs in the Autonomous Region of Madeira - Principle of sound administration - Principle of sincere cooperation - Legitimate expectations - Legal certainty)
(C/2025/59)
Language of the case: Portuguese

Parties


Applicants: Millennium BCP Participações, SGPS, Sociedade Unipessoal, Lda (Funchal, Portugal), BCP África, SGPS, Lda (Funchal) (represented by: B. Santiago, L. do Nascimento Ferreira, P. Gouveia e Melo, D. Oda and A. Queiroz Martins, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: I. Barcew and P. Caro de Sousa, acting as Agents)

Re:

By their action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicants seek annulment of Article 1 and Article 4(1) of Commission Decision (EU) 2022/1414 of 4 December 2020 on aid scheme SA.21259 (2018/C) (ex 2018/NN) implemented by Portugal for Zona Franca da Madeira (ZFM) – Regime III (OJ 2022 L 217, p. 49), in so far as they apply to sociedades gestoras de participações sociais (SGPS, holding companies).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Millennium BCP Participações, SGPS, Sociedade Unipessoal, Lda and BCP África, SGPS, Lda to pay the costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 340, 5.9.2022.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/59/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-396/23: Judgment of the General Court of 6 November 2024 – Stada Arzneimittel AG v EUIPO – Bioiberica (DAOgest) (EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for EU word mark DAOgest – Earlier EU word mark DAOSIN – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
Date: 2024-11-06
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, chemical industry, cosmetics industry, dietary product, food industry, food supplement, pharmaceutical product, registered trade mark, trade-mark law, veterinary medicinal product








C_202500066EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/66


6.1.2025






Judgment of the General Court of 6 November 2024 – Stada Arzneimittel AG v EUIPO – Bioiberica (DAOgest)


(Case T-396/23)
                (1)

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU word mark DAOgest - Earlier EU word mark DAOSIN - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
(C/2025/66)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Stada Arzneimittel AG (Bad Vilbel, Germany) (represented by: J.-C. Plate, R. Kaase and K. Rachlitz, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: D. Stoyanova-Valchanova and V. Ruzek, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Bioiberica, SAU (Palafolls, Spain) (represented by: E. Sugrañes Coca, 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 25 April 2023 (Case R 1384/2022-2).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Annuls the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 25 April 2023 (Case R 1384/2022-2);










2.


Orders EUIPO to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Stada Arzneimittel AG;










3.


Orders Bioiberica, SAU to bear its own costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 314, 4.9.2023.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/66/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-763/24, Mibone: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale di Palermo (Italy) lodged on 6 November 2024 – Questore di Agrigento – Ministero dell’interno v MT
Date: 2024-11-06
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: foreign national, international protection, public safety, right of asylum, right to an effective remedy, third country








C_202500386EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/386


27.1.2025






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale di Palermo (Italy) lodged on 6 November 2024 – Questore di Agrigento – Ministero dell’interno v MT


(Case C-763/24, Mibone)
                (1)

(C/2025/386)
Language of the case: Italian

Referring court

Tribunale di Palermo

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Questore di Agrigento – Ministero dell’interno

Defendant: MT

Question referred

Must EU law and, in particular, Articles 36, 37 and 46 of Directive 2013/32/EU (2) be interpreted as precluding a third country from being designated as a safe country of origin where there are categories of persons in that country in respect of whom that country does not meet the substantive conditions for such designation, as set out in Annex I to the directive.


(1)  The name of the present case is a fictitious name. It does not correspond to the real name of any party to the proceedings.

(2)  Directive 2013/32/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on common procedures for granting and withdrawing international protection (recast) (OJ 2013 L 180, p. 60).


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/386/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-827/22: Judgment of the General Court of 6 November 2024 – Wizz Air Hungary v Commission (TAROM II ; Covid-19) (State aid – Romanian air transport market – Aid granted by Romania to TAROM in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic – Capital injection – Decision not to raise any objections – Action for annulment – Locus standi – Substantial adverse effect on the applicant’s position on the market in question – Admissibility – Aid to make good the damage caused by an exceptional occurrence – Assessment of the damage – Causal link – Beneficiary’s pre-existing financial difficulties – Principle of non-discrimination – Freedom to provide services – Freedom of establishment – Obligation to state reasons)
Date: 2024-11-06
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Romania, State aid, aid to undertakings, air transport, company in difficulties, control of State aid, coronavirus disease, epidemic, freedom to provide services, right of establishment








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Official Journal of the European Union


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C series













C/2025/165


13.1.2025






Judgment of the General Court of 6 November 2024 – Wizz Air Hungary v Commission (TAROM II ; Covid-19)


(Case T-827/22)
                (1)

(State aid - Romanian air transport market - Aid granted by Romania to TAROM in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic - Capital injection - Decision not to raise any objections - Action for annulment - Locus standi - Substantial adverse effect on the applicant’s position on the market in question - Admissibility - Aid to make good the damage caused by an exceptional occurrence - Assessment of the damage - Causal link - Beneficiary’s pre-existing financial difficulties - Principle of non-discrimination - Freedom to provide services - Freedom of establishment - Obligation to state reasons)
(C/2025/165)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Wizz Air Hungary Légiközlekedési Zrt. (Wizz Air Hungary Zrt.) (Budapest, Hungary) (represented by: E. Vahida, S. Rating and I. G. Metaxas-Maranghidis, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: L. Nicolae, acting as Agent)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks annulment of Commission Decision C(2020) 2934 final of 29 April 2022 on State aid SA.63360 (2021/N) – Romania COVID-19 – Aid to TAROM – Damage compensation II.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Wizz Air Hungary Légiközlekedési Zrt. (Wizz Air Hungary Zrt.) to pay the costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 104, 20.3.2023.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/165/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-118/23: Judgment of the General Court of 6 November 2024 – House of Prince v EUIPO – Biały (AROMA KING) (EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for EU figurative mark AROMA KING – Earlier national word mark KING’S – Relative ground for refusal – No likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 – Enhanced distinctiveness of the earlier mark – No independent distinctive role)
Date: 2024-11-06
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, electronic device, precious metal, registered trade mark, retail trade, smoking, tobacco, tobacco industry, trade-mark law, wholesale trade








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Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/63


6.1.2025






Judgment of the General Court of 6 November 2024 – House of Prince v EUIPO – Biały (AROMA KING)


(Case T-118/23)
                (1)

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU figurative mark AROMA KING - Earlier national word mark KING’S - Relative ground for refusal - No likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Enhanced distinctiveness of the earlier mark - No independent distinctive role)
(C/2025/63)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: House of Prince A/S (Copenhagen, Denmark) (represented by: I. Fowler, I. Junkar and B. Worbes, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: J. Ivanauskas and V. Ruzek, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Andrzej Biały (Myszków, Poland) (represented by J. Nykiel, 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 21 December 2022 (Case R 777/2022-1).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders House of Prince A/S to pay the costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 134, 17.4.2023.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/63/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-1091/23: Judgment of the General Court of 6 November 2024 – Freddo Freddo v EUIPO – Krema (doffre) (EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for EU figurative mark doffre – International registration of the earlier figurative mark Freddo Freddo – Relative ground for refusal – No likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
Date: 2024-11-06
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, catering industry, coffee, confectionery, foodstuff, processed food product, provision of services, registered trade mark, tea, trade-mark law








C_202500178EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/178


13.1.2025






Judgment of the General Court of 6 November 2024 – Freddo Freddo v EUIPO – Krema (doffre)


(Case T-1091/23)
                (1)

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU figurative mark doffre - International registration of the earlier figurative mark Freddo Freddo - Relative ground for refusal - No likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
(C/2025/178)
Language of the case: Spanish

Parties


Applicant: Freddo Freddo, SL (Madrid, Spain) (represented by: J. F. Gallego Jiménez, E. M. Sanz Valls, P. Bauzá Martínez and Y. Hernández Viñes, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: E. Nicolás Gómez, acting as Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Krema S.A. (Punta del Este, Uruguay)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment and alteration of the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 14 September 2023 (Case R 744/2023-4).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders each party to bear its own costs.






(1)  
            OJ C C/2024/753, 22.1.2024.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/178/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-533/23: Judgment of the General Court of 6 November 2024 – ChiCom Marketing v EUIPO – China Faw Group (Hongqi) (EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU word mark Hongqi – Absolute ground for invalidity – Bad faith – Article 59(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
Date: 2024-11-06
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, electricity storage device, maintenance, motor vehicle industry, registered trade mark, satellite navigation, software, toy industry, trade-mark law, vehicle parts








C_202500173EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/173


13.1.2025






Judgment of the General Court of 6 November 2024 – ChiCom Marketing v EUIPO – China Faw Group (Hongqi)


(Case T-533/23)
                (1)

(EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU word mark Hongqi - Absolute ground for invalidity - Bad faith - Article 59(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
(C/2025/173)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: ChiCom Marketing GmbH (Munich, Germany) (represented by: H. Asam, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: D. Stoyanova-Valchanova, acting as Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: China Faw Group Co. Ltd (Changchun, China)

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 12 June 2023 (Case R 863/2022-2).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders ChiCom Marketing GmbH and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) each to bear their own costs.






(1)  
            OJ C C/2023/144, 16.10.2023.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/173/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-160/23: Judgment of the General Court of 6 November 2024 – VO v Commission (Civil service – Officials – Demotion for incompetence – Article 51(1)(a) of the Staff Regulations – Internal implementing provisions for Article 51 of the Staff Regulations – Support and remediation programme – Coaching plan – Liability – Material and non-material harm)
Date: 2024-11-06
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: assistant, damages, demotion, indemnification, pay scale, professional qualifications, staff regulations (EU)








C_202500168EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/168


13.1.2025






Judgment of the General Court of 6 November 2024 – VO v Commission


(Case T-160/23)
                (1)

(Civil service - Officials - Demotion for incompetence - Article 51(1)(a) of the Staff Regulations - Internal implementing provisions for Article 51 of the Staff Regulations - Support and remediation programme - Coaching plan - Liability - Material and non-material harm)
(C/2025/168)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: VO (represented by: É. Boigelot, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: L. Hohenecker and G. Niddam, acting as Agents)

Re:

By her action under Article 270 TFEU, the applicant seeks, first, annulment of the decision of the European Commission of 20 May 2022 demoting her from grade AST 2, step 3 to grade AST 1, step 3, with effect from 1 June 2022 and, second, compensation for the material and non-material harm she allegedly suffered as a result.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Annuls the decision of the European Commission of 20 May 2022 demoting VO from grade AST 2, step 3 to grade AST 1, step 3, with effect from 1 June 2022;










2.


Orders the Commission to pay VO EUR 533.88 in compensation of the material harm suffered;










3.


Dismisses the action as to the remainder;










4.


Orders the Commission to pay the costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 173, 15.5.2023.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/168/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-200/23: Judgment of the General Court of 6 November 2024 – Domingo Alonso Group v EUIPO – Ald Automotive and Salvador Caetano Auto (my CARFLIX) (EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU figurative mark my CARFLIX – Earlier national figurative mark CarFlex – Relative ground for invalidity – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) and Article 60(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
Date: 2024-11-06
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, carriage of goods, carriage of passengers, franchising, parking area, registered trade mark, software, trade-mark law








C_202500169EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/169


13.1.2025






Judgment of the General Court of 6 November 2024 – Domingo Alonso Group v EUIPO – Ald Automotive and Salvador Caetano Auto (my CARFLIX)


(Case T-200/23)
                (1)

(EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU figurative mark my CARFLIX - Earlier national figurative mark CarFlex - Relative ground for invalidity - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) and Article 60(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
(C/2025/169)
Language of the case: Spanish

Parties


Applicant: Domingo Alonso Group, SL (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain) (represented by: J. García Domínguez, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: J. Ivanauskas and E. Nicolás Gómez, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Ald Automotive, SA (Majadahonda, Spain) (represented by: J.C. Erdozain López and L. Morales Díaz, lawyers)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Salvador Caetano Auto (SGPS), SA (Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the partial annulment of the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 24 October 2022 (Case R 2213/2021-5).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Domingo Alonso Group, SL to pay the costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 235, 3.7.2023.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/169/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)