Source: EURLEX
Language: en
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Judgment of the General Court of 7 May 2025 – Schmidt Spiele v EUIPO – de Gea Quintana (DDG)

(Case T-53/24)
 [(1)](#ntr1-C_202503280EN.000101-E0001)

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU figurative mark DDG - International registration of the earlier figurative mark DOG - Relative ground for refusal - No likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

(C/2025/3280)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Schmidt Spiele GmbH (Berlin, Germany) (represented by: T. Urek, lawyer)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: David de Gea Quintana (Hale Barns, United Kingdom)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment and, in essence, the alteration of the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 4 December 2023 (Case R 1039/2023-2).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | Orders each party to bear its own costs. |

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ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/3280/oj

ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)

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