Source: EURLEX
Language: en
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Judgment of the General Court of 4 December 2024 – Birių Krovinių Terminalas v EUIPO – BTK (BKT)

(Case T-56/24)
 [(1)](#ntr1-C_202500730EN.000101-E0001)

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the EU figurative mark BKT - Earlier international registration designating the European Union - Word mark BTK - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

(C/2025/730)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Birių Krovinių Terminalas UAB (Klaipėda, Lithuania) (represented by: V. Viešūnaitė, lawyer)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: BTK Befrachtungs-und Transportkontor GmbH (Raubling, Germany) (represented by: D. Wiedemann and L. Schene, lawyers)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 4 December 2023 (Case R 637/2023-4).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | Orders Birių Krovinių Terminalas UAB to bear its owns costs and to pay those incurred by BTK Befrachtungs-und Transportkontor GmbH; |

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| 3. | Orders the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) to bear its own costs. |

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ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/730/oj

ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)

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