Source: EURLEX
Language: en
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Judgment of the General Court of 12 June 2024 – Société du Tour de France v EUIPO – FitX (TOUR DE X)

(Case T-604/22)
 [(1)](#ntr1-C_202404581EN.000101-E0001)

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU figurative mark TOUR DE X - Earlier national word mark and earlier international registration of a figurative mark TOUR DE FRANCE - Earlier EU and national word marks LE TOUR DE FRANCE - Earlier EU figurative mark LE TOUR DE FRANCE - Relative grounds for refusal - No likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) - No damage to reputation - Article 8(5) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 8(5) of Regulation 2017/1001))

(C/2024/4581)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Société du Tour de France (Boulogne-Billancourt, France) (represented by: T. de Haan, P. Péters and S. Vandezande, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: D. Stoyanova-Valchanova and V. Ruzek, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: FitX Beteiligungs GmbH (Monheim am Rhein, Germany) (represented by: S. Prés and T. Nguyen, lawyers)

Re:

By its action based on Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks annulment of the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 11 July 2022 (Case R 1136/2019-2).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | Orders Société du Tour de France to pay the costs. |

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ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/4581/oj

ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)

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