Source: EURLEX
Language: en
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Judgment of the General Court of 29 January 2025 – Atusa Grupo Empresarial v EUIPO – Hans Sasserath (SYC)

(Case T-21/24)
 [(1)](#ntr1-C_202501645EN.000101-E0001)

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the EU figurative mark SYC - International registration of the earlier word mark SYR - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

(C/2025/1645)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Atusa Grupo Empresarial, SA (Salvatierra, Spain) (represented by: J.L. Rivas Zurdo, lawyer)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Hans Sasserath GmbH & Co. KG (Korschenbroich, Germany) (represented by: C. Onken and L. Bieber, lawyers)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 2 November 2023 (Case R 452/2023-4).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | Orders Atusa Grupo Empresarial, SA to bear its own costs and pay those incurred by Hans Sasserath GmbH & Co. KG; |

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

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ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/1645/oj

ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)

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