Source: EURLEX
Language: en
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Judgment of the General Court of 11 September 2024 – Borco-Marken-Import Matthiesen v EUIPO – Belles Marks (KINGSBURY)

(Case T-603/23)
 [(1)](#ntr1-C_202406260EN.000101-E0001)

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the EU word mark KINGSBURY - Earlier EU word mark FINSBURY - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

(C/2024/6260)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Borco-Marken-Import Matthiesen GmbH & Co. KG (Hamburg, Germany) (represented by: A. Marx and K. Wagner, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: D. Gája, acting as Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Belles Marks LTD (Larnaca, Cyprus)

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 28 July 2023 (Case R 481/2023-1).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Annuls the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 28 July 2023 (Case R 481/2023-1); |

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| 2. | Orders EUIPO to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Borco-Marken-Import Matthiesen GmbH & Co. KG. |

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ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/6260/oj

ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)

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