Source: EURLEX
Language: en
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Order of the General Court of 17 July 2025 – ECE Group v EUIPO – ECE Logistics (ECE LOGISTICS)

(Case T-443/24)
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(EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU figurative mark ECE LOGISTICS - International registration designating the European Union of the earlier figurative mark ECE - Earlier EU word mark ECE - Earlier national word mark ECE Logistics - Relative ground for invalidity - No likelihood of confusion - No similarity between the goods and services - Article 8(1)(b) and Article 53(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Obligation to state reasons - Article 94(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Action manifestly lacking any foundation in law)

(C/2025/4885)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: ECE Group GmbH & Co. KG (Hamburg, Germany) (represented by: M. Kloth, M. Tillwich, P. Funke and R. Briske, lawyers)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: ECE Logistics sp. z o.o. (Zielona Góra, Poland) (represented by: T. Gawliczek, lawyer)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment and alteration of the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 25 June 2024 (Case R 1948/2023-1).

Operative part of the order

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| 1. | The action is dismissed. |

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| 2. | ECE Group GmbH & Co. KG shall bear its own costs and pay those incurred by ECE Logistics sp. z o.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/2025/4885/oj

ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)

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