Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 26.6.2023 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 223/22 |

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Judgment of the General Court of 3 May 2023 — FFI Female Financial Invest v EUIPO — MLP Finanzberatung (Financery)

(Case T-7/22) [(1)](#ntr1-C_2023223EN.01002201-E0001)

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the EU word mark Financery - Earlier EU word mark financify - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

(2023/C 223/30)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: FFI Female Financial Invest GmbH (Düsseldorf, Germany) (represented by: M. Gramsch, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: T. Klee and E. Nicolás Gómez, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: MLP Finanzberatung SE (Wiesloch, Germany) (represented by: G. Hodapp, lawyer)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 21 October 2021 (Case R 1820/2020-5).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | Orders FFI Female Financial Invest GmbH to pay the costs. |

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