Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| European flag | Official Journal  of the European Union | EN  Series C |

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Judgment of the General Court of 13 September 2023 — Transformers Manufacturing Company v EUIPO — H & F (TMC TRANSFORMERS)

(Case T-163/22) [(1)](#ntr1-C_202300524EN.000101-E0001)

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU figurative mark TMC TRANSFORMERS - International registration of the earlier figurative mark TMC - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)))

(C/2023/524)

Language of the case: Italian

Parties

Applicant: Transformers Manufacturing Company Pty Ltd (Melbourne, Australia) (represented by: F. Caricato, lawyer)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: H & F Srl (Milan, Italy) (represented by: F. Jacobacci and N. Galizia, lawyers)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 3 February 2022 (Case R 1211/2021-5).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | Orders Transformers Manufacturing Company Pty Ltd to pay the costs. |

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ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/524/oj

ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)

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