Source: EURLEX
Language: en
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Judgment of the General Court of 15 May 2024 – Korkmaz v EUIPO – Intersnack Deutschland (CETOS)

(Case T-308/23)
 [(1)](#ntr1-C_202403915EN.000101-E0001)

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

(C/2024/3915)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: Elif Korkmaz (Cologne, Germany) (represented by: C. Weil, 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: Intersnack Deutschland SE (Cologne)

Re:

By her action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 5 April 2023 (Case R 2031/2022-1).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | Orders Elif Korkmaz and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) to bear their own costs. |

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ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/3915/oj

ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)

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