Source: EURLEX
Language: en
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Case C-337/22 P

European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

v

Nowhere Co. Ltd

Order of the President of the Court of 27 April 2023

(Appeal – Intervention – Second paragraph of Article 40 of the Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Union – Interest in the result of the case – EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Rejection of the opposition – Refusal to take into account earlier rights protected in the United Kingdom – Relevant stage of the procedure for assessing the existence of a relative ground for refusal – Association of proprietors of trade marks and professionals in that field with the purpose of promoting trade mark law – Allowed)

Judicial proceedings – Intervention – Admissibility criteria – Interest in the result of the case – Concept – Need for a direct and existing interest

(Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 40, second para.)

(see paragraphs 7-11, 16-18)

[See the text of the decision.](https://curia.europa.eu/juris/documents.jsf?num=C-337/22)

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