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 –Martin Rodrigo v EUIPO — Louis Vuitton Malletier (CALIFORNIA Dreaming by Made in California)

(Case T-542/22) [(1)](#ntr1-C_202300982EN.000101-E0001)

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the EU figurative mark CALIFORNIA Dreaming by Made in California - Earlier Benelux word mark CALIFORNIA DREAM - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

(C/2023/982)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Andres Carlos Martin Rodrigo (Fuente el Saz de Jarama, Spain) (represented by: J. Donoso Romero, lawyer)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Louis Vuitton Malletier (Paris, France) (represented by J. Blanchard, lawyer)

Re:

By his action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment and alteration of the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 2 June 2022 (Case R 2242/2021-5).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | Orders Mr Andres Carlos Martin Rodrigo to bear his own costs and to pay those incurred by Louis Vuitton Malletier; |

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| 3. | Orders the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) to bear its own costs. |

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ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/982/oj

ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)

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