Source: EURLEX
Language: en
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Action brought on 23 July 2025 – EM Microelectronic-Marin v EUIPO – O2 Worldwide (EM | BLEU)

(Case T-493/25)

(C/2025/4895)

Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties

Applicant: EM Microelectronic-Marin SA (Laténa, Switzerland) (represented by: P. González-Bueno Catalán de Ocón, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: O2 Worldwide Ltd (Cambridge, United Kingdom)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Applicant before the General Court

Trade mark at issue: International registration designating the European Union in respect of the word mark EM | BLEU – International registration designating the European Union No 1 747 693

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 23 May 2025 in Case R 2438/2024-4

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

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| — | alter the contested decision to find that no likelihood of confusion exists between the conflicting marks, allow the applicant’s appeal and reverse the contested decision, thereby granting protection to the contested IR for all the contested goods; |

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| — | in the alternative, annul the contested decision; |

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| — | order EUIPO, and if applicable, the interveners, to pay the costs. |

Pleas in law

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| — | Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council; |

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| — | Infringement of Article 94 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council. |

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