Source: EURLEX
Language: en
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Order of the General Court of 9 April 2024 – Heraeus Electronics v EUIPO – Welco (WELCO)

(Case T-513/23)
 [(1)](#ntr1-C_202403335EN.000101-E0001)

(Action for annulment - EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU word mark WELCO - Earlier EU figurative mark WELCO - No recording of the change in ownership of the contested trade mark in the EU trade mark register - No locus standi - Inadmissibility)

(C/2024/3335)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: Heraeus Electronics GmbH & Co. KG (Hanau, Germany) (represented by: A. Ebert-Weidenfeller and H. Förster, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: M. Eberl and A. Söder, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Welco spol. s r. o. (Uherský Brod, Czech Republic) (represented by: J. Bühling and D. Graetsch, 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 1 June 2023 (Case R 2409/2022-2).

Operative part of the order

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| 1. | The action is dismissed as inadmissible. |

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| 2. | Heraeus Electronics GmbH & Co. KG shall bear its own costs before the General Court and pay those incurred by Welco spol. s r. o. |

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| 3. | The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) shall bear its own costs. |

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ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/3335/oj

ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)

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