Source: EURLEX
Language: en
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Judgment of the General Court of 20 November 2024 – Qozgar v EUIPO – L’Oréal (CLEOPATRA)

(Case T-482/23)
 [(1)](#ntr1-C_202500556EN.000101-E0001)

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

(C/2025/556)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Afaaq Ahmad Qozgar (Thiruvananthapuram, India) (represented by: L. Pivec, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: E. Markakis and V. Ruzek, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: L’Oréal (Paris, France) (represented by: T. de Haan and S. Vandezande, lawyers)

Re:

By his action based on Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment and alteration of the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 2 June 2023 (Case R 2509/2022-5).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | Orders Mr Afaaq Ahmad Qozgar to pay the costs. |

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ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/556/oj

ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)

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