Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 19.12.2022 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 482/18 |

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Judgment of the General Court of 19 October 2022 — Greenwich Polo Club v EUIPO — Lifestyle Equities (GREENWICH POLO CLUB)

(Case T-437/21) [(1)](#ntr1-C_2022482EN.01001801-E0001)

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the EU figurative mark GREENWICH POLO CLUB - Earlier EU word mark BEVERLY HILLS POLO CLUB - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Scope of the examination to be carried out by the Board of Appeal - Article 71 of Regulation 2017/1001 - Article 27(2) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/625)

(2022/C 482/26)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Greenwich Polo Club, Inc. (Greenwich, Connecticut, United States) (represented by: R. Zammitt, lawyer)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Lifestyle Equities CV (Amsterdam, Netherlands) (represented by: S. Terpstra, 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 10 May 2021 (Case R 300/2020-1), relating to opposition proceedings between the intervener, Lifestyle Equities CV, and itself.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | Orders Greenwich Polo Club, Inc. to pay the costs. |

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