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Language: en
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Judgment of the General Court of 5 March 2025 – People Against Dirty v EUIPO – Ningbo Future Houseware (ecovie)

(Case T-279/24)
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(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the EU figurative mark ecovie - Earlier EU figurative and word marks ECOVER and earlier EU word mark ECOVER ESSENTIAL - International registration of an earlier figurative mark ecover - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

(C/2025/2391)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: People Against Dirty Holdings Ltd (Frimley, United Kingdom) (represented by: J. Quirin, lawyer)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Ningbo Future Houseware Co. Ltd (Ningbo, China)

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 20 March 2024 (Case R 1332/2023-2).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Annuls the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 20 March 2024 (Case R 1332/2023-2); |

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| 2. | Orders EUIPO to pay the costs, including those incurred for the purposes of the proceedings before the Board of Appeal. |

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ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/2391/oj

ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)

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