Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 17.4.2023 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 134/14 |

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Judgment of the General Court of 1 March 2023 — Lifestyle Equities v EUIPO — Greenwich Polo Club (GREENWICH POLO CLUB GPC 2002)

(Case T-217/22) [(1)](#ntr1-C_2023134EN.01001402-E0001)

(EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU figurative mark GREENWICH POLO CLUB GPC 2002 - Earlier EU figurative mark BEVERLY HILLS POLO CLUB - Relative ground for invalidity - No likelihood of confusion - No similarity of the goods - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))

(2023/C 134/19)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Lifestyle Equities CV (Amstelveen, Netherlands) (represented by: S. Terpstra, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: T. Klee and T. Frydendahl, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Greenwich Polo Club, Inc. (Greenwich, Connecticut, United States)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 9 February 2022 (Case R 1063/2021-4).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | Orders Lifestyle Equities CV and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) to bear their own respective costs. |

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