Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 19.6.2023 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 216/45 |

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Judgment of the General Court of 26 April 2023 — Pinar Kuruyemiş Gida Ve Ihtiyaç Maddeleri Sanayi Ticaret v EUIPO — Yadex International (pinar KURUYEMIŞ)

(Case T-147/22) [(1)](#ntr1-C_2023216EN.01004501-E0001)

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the EU figurative mark pinar KURUYEMIȘ - Earlier German word mark PINAR - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Right to be heard - Article 94(1) of Regulation 2017/1001 - Suspension of proceedings - Article 71(1) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/625)

(2023/C 216/59)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Pinar Kuruyemiş Gida Ve Ihtiyaç Maddeleri Sanayi Ticaret AŞ (Karatay, Konya, Türkiye) (represented by: M.E. López Camba and A.M. Lyubomirova Geleva, lawyers)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Yadex International GmbH (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) (represented by: P. Kohl, lawyer)

Re:

By its action based on Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks annulment of the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 12 January 2022 (Case R 1148/2021-1).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | Orders Pinar Kuruyemiş Gida Ve Ihtiyaç Maddeleri Sanayi Ticaret AŞ to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and by Yadex International GmbH for the purposes of the proceedings before the Court. |

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