Source: EURLEX
Language: en
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Judgment of the General Court of 4 December 2024 – Haddad v EUIPO – Celebi (CELEBRITI)

(Case T-538/23)
 [(1)](#ntr1-C_202500724EN.000101-E0001)

(EU trade mark - Revocation proceedings - EU figurative mark CELEBRITI - Genuine use of the mark - Article 58(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

(C/2025/724)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Lucien Haddad (Paris, France) (represented by: V. Bouchara and A. Maier, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: L. Lapinskaitė, 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: Zeynep Celebi (Düsseldorf, Germany) (represented by: F. Klopmeier and F. Breuer, lawyers)

Re:

By his action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks annulment of the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 7 June 2023 (Case R 2221/2022-5).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | Orders Lucien Haddad to pay the costs. |

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ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/724/oj

ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)

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