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Judgment of the General Court of 12 June 2024 – Marcinkowska-Dec v EUIPO – Ismailova (DESSI)

(Case T-472/23)
 [(1)](#ntr1-C_202404474EN.000101-E0001)

(EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU figurative mark DESSI - Earlier EU word mark DESHI - Relative ground for invalidity - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) and Article 60(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

(C/2024/4474)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Małgorzata Marcinkowska-Dec (Kraków, Poland) (represented by: A. Witońska-Pakulska, lawyer)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Aza Ismailova (Herselt, Belgium) (represented by: M. Zoebisch and J. Wachinger, lawyers)

Re:

By her action under 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 31 March 2023 (Case R 1738/2022-2).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | Orders Ms Małgorzata Marcinkowska-Dec to bear her own costs and to pay those incurred by Ms Aza Ismailova; |

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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/2024/4474/oj

ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)

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