Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| European flag | Official Journal  of the European Union | EN  Series C |

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Judgment of the General Court of 6 September 2023 — Industrias Lácteas Asturianas v EUIPO — Qingdao United Dairy (NAMLAC)

(Case T-728/22) [(1)](#ntr1-C_202300333EN.000101-E0001)

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the EU word mark NAMLAC - Earlier Spanish figurative mark Analac - Relative ground for refusal - No likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

(C/2023/333)

Language of the case: Spanish

Parties

Applicant: Industrias Lácteas Asturianas, SA (Madrid, Spain) (represented by: J. Riera Blanco, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: E. Nicolás Gómez, acting as Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Qingdao United Dairy Co. Ltd (Qingdao, China)

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 6 September 2022 (Case R 1563/2021-4).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | Orders Industrias Lácteas Asturianas, SA and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) to bear their own respective costs. |

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ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/333/oj

ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)

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