Source: EURLEX
Language: en
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Judgment of the General Court of 8 January 2025 – Fresh Tropical v EUIPO – Altunyaldiz (AlìBabà)

(Case T-1082/23)
 [(1)](#ntr1-C_202501104EN.000101-E0001)

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU figurative mark AlìBabà - Earlier EU word mark ALIBABA - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

(C/2025/1104)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Fresh Tropical Srl by Jawad (Seveso, Italy) (represented by: G. Nosengo, V. Liebermann and L. Di Maria, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: T. Frydendahl and V. Ruzek, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Alper Altunyaldiz (Mainz, Germany) (represented by: M. Thewes and S. Lamothe, lawyers)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment and the alteration of the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 12 September 2023 (Joined Cases R 418/2023-4 and R 427/2023-4).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | Orders Fresh Tropical Srl by Jawad to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and by Mr Alper Altunyaldiz. |

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ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/1104/oj

ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)

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