Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| European flag | Official Journal  of the European Union | EN  Series C |

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Judgment of the General Court of 26 July 2023 — Guma Holdings v EUIPO — XTB (XTRADE)

(Case T-67/22) [(1)](#ntr1-C_202300133EN.000101-E0001)

(EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - Figurative mark XTRADE - Relative ground for invalidity - Article 8(4) and Article 53(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(4) and Article 60(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) - Evidence submitted for the first time before the Board of Appeal - Article 95(2) of Regulation 2017/1001)

(C/2023/133)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Guma Holdings Ltd (Limassol, Cyprus) (represented by: M. Oleksyn and M. Stępkowski, lawyers)

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: XTB S.A. (Warsaw, Poland) (represented by P. Maślak-Stępnikowska, lawyer)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the alteration of the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 8 November 2021 (Case R 981/2020-5).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | Orders Guma Holdings Ltd to pay the costs. |

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ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/133/oj

ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)

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