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Case T-47/24: Judgment of the General Court of 3 September 2025 – Kartroi v EUIPO – Luxvide Finanziaria per Iniziative Audiovisive e Telematiche (SANDOKAN) (EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU word mark SANDOKAN – Absolute ground for invalidity – Bad faith – Article 59(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
Date: 2025-09-03
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, audiovisual industry, clothing, film production, footwear industry, gaming, publishing, registered trade mark, toy industry, trade-mark law








C_202505451EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/5451


20.10.2025






Judgment of the General Court of 3 September 2025 – Kartroi v EUIPO – Luxvide Finanziaria per Iniziative Audiovisive e Telematiche (SANDOKAN)


(Case T-47/24)
                (1)

(EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU word mark SANDOKAN - Absolute ground for invalidity - Bad faith - Article 59(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
(C/2025/5451)
Language of the case: Italian

Parties


Applicant: Kartroi LLC (Orlando, Florida, United States) (represented by: M. Baccarelli, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: R. Raponi)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Luxvide Finanziaria per Iniziative Audiovisive e Telematiche SpA (Rome, Italy) (represented by: L. Goglia and B. Villa, lawyers)

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 31 October 2023 (Case R 312/2023-2).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Kartroi LLC to pay the costs.






(1)  
            OJ C, C/2024/2054, 18.3.2024.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/5451/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-466/24: Judgment of the General Court of 3 September 2025 – W&B Television v EUIPO – Warner Bros. Entertainment (WB W&B TV) (EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – International registration designating the European Union – Figurative mark W&B TV – Earlier EU figurative mark WB – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 – Remittal of the case to the Opposition Division)
Date: 2025-09-03
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, electronic game, film production, programmes industry, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_202505459EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/5459


20.10.2025






Judgment of the General Court of 3 September 2025 – W&B Television v EUIPO – Warner Bros. Entertainment (WB W&B TV)


(Case T-466/24)
                (1)

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - International registration designating the European Union - Figurative mark W&B TV - Earlier EU figurative mark WB - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Remittal of the case to the Opposition Division)
(C/2025/5459)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: W&B Television GmbH (Munich, Germany) (represented by: M. Müller, 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, intervener before the General Court: Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (Burbank, California, United States) (represented by: V. Schmitz-Fohrmann, 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 20 June 2024 (Case R 2286/2023-2).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders W&B Television GmbH to pay the costs.






(1)  
            OJ C C/2024/6112, 21.10.2024.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/5459/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-302/24: Judgment of the General Court of 3 September 2025 – OMV v EUIPO – Combe International (OMV!) (EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU word mark OMV! – Earlier EU figurative marks OMV – Relative ground for refusal – Detriment to repute – Link between the marks at issue – Article 8(5) and Article 60(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
Date: 2025-09-03
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, cosmetic product, lubricants, medicinal product, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_202505454EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/5454


20.10.2025






Judgment of the General Court of 3 September 2025 – OMV v EUIPO – Combe International (OMV!)


(Case T-302/24)
                (1)

(EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU word mark OMV! - Earlier EU figurative marks OMV - Relative ground for refusal - Detriment to repute - Link between the marks at issue - Article 8(5) and Article 60(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
(C/2025/5454)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: OMV AG (Vienna, Austria) (represented by: C. Schumacher and B. Kapeller-Hirsch, lawyers)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Combe International LLC (White Plains, New York, United States)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 5 April 2024 (Case R 803/2023-4).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Annuls the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 5 April 2024 (Case R 803/2023-4);










2.


Orders EUIPO to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by OMV AG.






(1)  
            OJ C, C/2024/4604, 29.7.2024.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/5454/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union – Cases where the Commission raises no objections – SA.119447
Date: 2025-09-03
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Italy, State aid, control of State aid, publishing








C_202504866EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/4866


3.9.2025






Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
Cases where the Commission raises no objections
SA.119447
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2025/4866)








Date of adoption of the decision


24.7.2025




Aid number


SA.119447




Member State


Italy




Region


 




Title (title and/or name of the beneficiary)


Aiuti a favore degli editori di quotidiani e periodici - Modifica dell'aiuto SA.106115, come già modificato nel caso SA.112854




Legal basis


Articolo 1, commi da 375 a 377, della legge 30 dicembre 2021, n. 234; Decreto del Presidente del Consiglio dei ministri, del 28 settembre 2022, ai sensi dell'articolo 1, comma 377, della legge 30 dicembre 2021, n. 234; Decreto del Presidente del Consiglio dei ministri, del 10 agosto 2023, ai sensi dell'articolo 1, comma 377, della legge 30 dicembre 2021, n. 234; Legge 26 ottobre 2016 n. 198 e successive modificazioni, recante "Istituzione del Fondo per il pluralismo e l’innovazione dell’informazione"; articolo 1, comma 430, della legge 30 dicembre 2024, n. 207; Decreto del Presidente del Consiglio dei ministri, del 17 aprile 2025, ai sensi dell'art. 1 comma 6 della legge 26 ottobre 2016 n.198; Bozza di decreto attuativo dello schema come modificato.




Type of measure


Scheme


 




Objective


Sectoral development




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget


Overall budget: 153 000 000  EUR
Annual budget: 65 000 000  EUR




Intensity


 




Duration


1.1.2023 - 31.12.2025




Economic sectors


Publishing activities




Name and address of the granting authority







Presidenza del Consiglio dei ministri — Dipartimento per l'informazione e l'editoria




Via della Mercede, 9 ROMA








Other information


 




The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:

https://competition-cases.ec.europa.eu/search?caseInstrument=SA



ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/4866/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-599/24: Judgment of the General Court of 3 September 2025 – LTV Leuchten & Lampen v EUIPO – XAL (Luminaires) (European Union design – Invalidity proceedings – Registered EU design representing a luminaire – Prior design – Ground for invalidity – Conflict with a prior design – No individual character – Informed user – No different overall impression – Oral procedure and measures of inquiry – Infringement of essential procedural requirements – Misuse of powers)
Date: 2025-09-03
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: designs and models, lighting








C_202505461EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/5461


20.10.2025






Judgment of the General Court of 3 September 2025 – LTV Leuchten & Lampen v EUIPO – XAL (Luminaires)


(Case T-599/24)
                (1)

(European Union design - Invalidity proceedings - Registered EU design representing a luminaire - Prior design - Ground for invalidity - Conflict with a prior design - No individual character - Informed user - No different overall impression - Oral procedure and measures of inquiry - Infringement of essential procedural requirements - Misuse of powers)
(C/2025/5461)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: LTV Leuchten & Lampen Vertriebs GmbH (Brunn am Gebirge, Austria) (represented by: C. Pilz, lawyer)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: XAL GmbH (Graz, Austria) (represented by: D. Jestaedt, lawyer)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the Third Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 26 September 2023 (Case R 1885/2023-3).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders LTV Leuchten & Lampen Vertriebs GmbH to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by XAL GmbH;










3.


Orders the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) to bear its own costs.






(1)  
            OJ C, C/2025/273, 20.1.2025.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/5461/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-784/22: Judgment of the General Court of 3 September 2025 – Zásilkovna v Commission (State aid – Postal sector – Compensation for net costs arising from universal service obligations – Decision declaring the aid compatible with the internal market – Article 106(2) TFEU – SGEI Framework – Accounting separation of activities falling within the universal service from other activities – Cross-subsidisation – Counterfactual scenario)
Date: 2025-09-03
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Czechia, State aid, aid to undertakings, control of State aid, postal service, universal service








C_202505327EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/5327


13.10.2025






Judgment of the General Court of 3 September 2025 – Zásilkovna v Commission


(Case T-784/22)
                (1)

(State aid - Postal sector - Compensation for net costs arising from universal service obligations - Decision declaring the aid compatible with the internal market - Article 106(2) TFEU - SGEI Framework - Accounting separation of activities falling within the universal service from other activities - Cross-subsidisation - Counterfactual scenario)
(C/2025/5327)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Zásilkovna s. r. o. (Prague, Czech Republic) (represented by: R. Kubáč, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: J. Carpi Badía and L. Nicolae, acting as Agents)

Intervener in support of the applicant: Brink’s Cash Solutions (CZ) a.s. (Prague) (represented by: R. Kubáč, lawyer)
Intervener in support of the defendant: Czech Republic (represented by: M. Smolek, J. Vláčil and L. Halajová, acting as Agents), Česká pošta s. p. (Prague) (represented by: P. Kadlec and J. Kocmánek, lawyers)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of Commission Decision (EU) 2023/232 of 25 July 2022 on State aid SA.55208 (2020/C) (ex 2022/NN) implemented by Czechia for Czech Post (OJ 2023 L 32, p. 68).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Zásilkovna s. r. o. to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission;










3.


Orders Brink’s Cash Solutions (CZ) a.s., the Czech Republic and Česká pošta s. p. to bear their own costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 83, 6.3.2023.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/5327/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-91/24: Judgment of the General Court of 3 September 2025 – Eti v EUIPO – Star Foods E.M. SRL (Decoration for bags of packaging) (European Union design – Invalidity proceedings – Registered European Union design representing decoration for bags of packaging – Earlier national word and figurative marks – Ground for invalidity – Use in the subsequent design of a distinctive sign the holder of which has the right to prohibit such use – Article 25(1)(e) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 – Applicable substantive law – Rights of the defence – Scope of the examination carried out by the Board of Appeal)
Date: 2025-09-03
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: designs and models, packaging product








C_202505331EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/5331


13.10.2025






Judgment of the General Court of 3 September 2025 – Eti v EUIPO – Star Foods E.M. SRL (Decoration for bags of packaging)


(Case T-91/24)
                (1)

(European Union design - Invalidity proceedings - Registered European Union design representing decoration for bags of packaging - Earlier national word and figurative marks - Ground for invalidity - Use in the subsequent design of a distinctive sign the holder of which has the right to prohibit such use - Article 25(1)(e) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 - Applicable substantive law - Rights of the defence - Scope of the examination carried out by the Board of Appeal)
(C/2025/5331)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Eti Gıda Sanayi ve Ticaret AŞ (Eskişehir, Türkiye) (represented by: A. Căvescu, lawyer)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Star Foods E.M. SRL (Bucharest, Romania) (represented by: V. von Bomhard and J. Fuhrmann, lawyers)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the Third Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 14 December 2023 (Case R 1016/2023-3).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Eti Gıda Sanayi ve Ticaret AŞ to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Star Foods E.M. SRL;










3.


Orders the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) to bear its own costs.






(1)  
            OJ C, C/2024/2770, 29.4.2024.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/5331/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-153/24: Judgment of the General Court of 3 September 2025 – DF v Commission (Civil service – Members of the contract staff – Recruitment – Refusal to employ on the ground that the candidate is physically unfit to perform duties – Opinion of the Medical Committee – Extent of the Medical Committee’s competence – Comprehensible link between the medical findings and the conclusion as to unfitness – Duty to have regard for the welfare of officials – Principle of sound administration – Liability – Material and non-material damage)
Date: 2025-09-03
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: European official, competition (EU), damages, incapacity for work, maladministration, medical data, medical report, recruitment








C_202505452EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/5452


20.10.2025






Judgment of the General Court of 3 September 2025 – DF v Commission


(Case T-153/24)
                (1)

(Civil service - Members of the contract staff - Recruitment - Refusal to employ on the ground that the candidate is physically unfit to perform duties - Opinion of the Medical Committee - Extent of the Medical Committee’s competence - Comprehensible link between the medical findings and the conclusion as to unfitness - Duty to have regard for the welfare of officials - Principle of sound administration - Liability - Material and non-material damage)
(C/2025/5452)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: DF (represented by: A. Guillerme and S. Napolitano, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: J.-F. Brakeland and K. Talabér-Ritz, acting as Agents)

Re:

By her action under Article 270 TFEU, the applicant seeks, first, the annulment of the European Commission’s decision of 12 May 2023 terminating the process of recruiting her and, second, compensation for the non-material and material damage she claims to have suffered as a result of that decision.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders DF and the European Commission to bear their own costs.






(1)  
            OJ C, C/2024/3080, 13.5.2024.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/5452/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)