Source: EURLEX
Language: en
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Judgment of the General Court of 3 September 2025 – Kartroi v EUIPO – Luxvide Finanziaria per Iniziative Audiovisive e Telematiche (SANDOKAN)

(Case T-47/24)
 [(1)](#ntr1-C_202505451EN.000101-E0001)

(EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU word mark SANDOKAN - Absolute ground for invalidity - Bad faith - Article 59(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

(C/2025/5451)

Language of the case: Italian

Parties

Applicant: Kartroi LLC (Orlando, Florida, United States) (represented by: M. Baccarelli, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: R. Raponi)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Luxvide Finanziaria per Iniziative Audiovisive e Telematiche SpA (Rome, Italy) (represented by: L. Goglia and B. Villa, lawyers)

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 31 October 2023 (Case R 312/2023-2).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | Orders Kartroi LLC to pay the costs. |

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ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/5451/oj

ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)

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