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 11 October 2023 — Flowbird v EUIPO — APCOA Parking Holdings (FLOWBIRD)

(Case T-296/22) [(1)](#ntr1-C_202300978EN.000101-E0001)

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - International registration designating the European Union - Figurative mark FLOWBIRD - Earlier EU figurative mark FLOW - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

(C/2023/978)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Flowbird (Neuilly sur-Seine, France) (represented by: C. Pecnard and M. Simonnet, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: J. Schäfer, T. Klee and V. Ruzek, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: APCOA Parking Holdings GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany) (represented by: M. Straub, lawyer)

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 3 March 2022 (Case R 748/2021-2).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | Orders Flowbird to pay the costs. |

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ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/978/oj

ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)

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