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 — DPG Deutsche Pfandsystem v EUIPO — Užstato sistemos administratorius (Representation of a bottle and an arrow)

(Case T-774/21) [(1)](#ntr1-C_202300520EN.000101-E0001)

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for an EU figurative mark representing a bottle and an arrow - Earlier EU figurative mark representing a can, a bottle and an arrow - Relative ground for refusal - No likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) - No genuine use of the earlier mark - Article 42(2) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 47(2) of Regulation 2017/1001)

(C/2023/520)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: DPG Deutsche Pfandsystem GmbH (Berlin, Germany) (represented by: J. Götz, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: D. Hanf and A. Ringelhann, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Užstato sistemos administratorius VšĮ (Vilnius, Lithuania) (represented by Ą. Čekanavičius, 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 23 September 2021 (Case R 117/2020-2).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | Orders DPG Deutsche Pfandsystem GmbH to pay the costs. |

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ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/520/oj

ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)

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