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-167/22) [(1)](#ntr1-C_202300525EN.000101-E0001)

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU word 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/2023/525)

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 14 February 2022 (Case R 1212/2021-5).

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/2023/525/oj

ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)

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