Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 26.6.2023 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 223/26 |

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Judgment of the General Court of 10 May 2023 — Vanhove v EUIPO — Aldi Einkauf (bistro Régent)

(Case T-437/22) [(1)](#ntr1-C_2023223EN.01002601-E0001)

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the EU figurative mark bistro Régent - Earlier national word mark REGENT - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Genuine use of the earlier mark - Article 18(1), second subparagraph, point (a), and Article 47(2) of Regulation 2017/1001 - Form differing in elements which do not alter the distinctive character)

(2023/C 223/36)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Vanhove (Bordeaux, France) (represented by: N. Castagnon, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: M. Eberl and T. Klee, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Aldi Einkauf SE & Co. OHG (Essen, Germany) (represented by: N. Lützenrath, C. Fürsen, M. Minkner and A. Starcke, 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 18 May 2022 (Case R 1113/2021-5).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | Orders Vanhove to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Aldi Einkauf SE & Co. OHG; |

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

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