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Order of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 21 November 2023 –  
Japan Tobacco v EUIPO – Dunhill Tobacco of London (FLOW FILTER)

(Case T‑20/23)

(Action for annulment – EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU figurative mark FLOW FILTER – Cross-claim – No interest in bringing proceedings – Inadmissibility)

EU trade mark – Appeals procedure – Persons entitled to appeal and to be parties to the proceedings – Persons concerned by a decision adversely affecting them – Decision rejecting an application for a declaration of invalidity – Intervener not in agreement with all of the Board of Appeal’s findings – No interest in bringing proceedings – Inadmissibility

(European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 72(4))

(see paragraphs 18-20)

Operative part

| 1. | The cross-claim is dismissed as inadmissible. |

| 2. | Dunhill Tobacco of London Ltd shall bear its own costs relating to the cross-claim and pay those incurred by Japan Tobacco, Inc., relating to the present proceedings |

| 3. | The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) shall bear its own costs relating to the cross-claim. |

| 4. | The costs relating to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal and before the Cancellation Division are reserved. |

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