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Judgment of the General Court of 3 September 2025 – W&B Television v EUIPO – Warner Bros. Entertainment (WB W&B TV)

(Case T-466/24)
 [(1)](#ntr1-C_202505459EN.000101-E0001)

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - International registration designating the European Union - Figurative mark W&B TV - Earlier EU figurative mark WB - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Remittal of the case to the Opposition Division)

(C/2025/5459)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: W&B Television GmbH (Munich, Germany) (represented by: M. Müller, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: D. Stoyanova-Valchanova, acting as Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (Burbank, California, United States) (represented by: V. Schmitz-Fohrmann, lawyer)

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 June 2024 (Case R 2286/2023-2).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | Orders W&B Television GmbH to pay the costs. |

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ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/5459/oj

ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)

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