Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 7.6.2021 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 217/43 |

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Judgment of the General Court of 24 March 2021 –Kfz-Gewerbes v EUIPO — The Blink Fish (Representation of a fish)

(Case T-354/20) [(1)](#ntr1-C_2021217EN.01004302-E0001)

(EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU figurative mark representing a fish - Earlier national word mark BLINKA - Relative ground for refusal - No likelihood of confusion - No similarity between the signs - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Obligation to state reasons - First sentence of Article 94(1) of Regulation 2017/1001)

(2021/C 217/57)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Wirtschaftsgesellschaft des Kfz-Gewerbes mbH (Bonn, Germany) (represented by: N. Hebeis, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: L. Lapinskaite, J. Crespo Carrillo and V. Ruzek, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: The Blink Fish Srl (Milan, Italy)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 6 April 2020 (Case R 2333/2019-4), relating to invalidity proceedings between Wirtschaftsgesellschaft des Kfz-Gewerbes and The Blink Fish.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | Orders Wirtschaftsgesellschaft des Kfz-Gewerbes mbH to pay the costs. |

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