Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| European flag | Official Journal  of the European Union | EN  Series C |

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|  | C/2023/1156 | 4.12.2023 |

Judgment of the General Court of 11 October 2023 — Dr. Rudolf Liebe Nachfolger v EUIPO — Bit Beauty (ayuna LESS IS BEAUTY)

(Case T-490/22) [(1)](#ntr1-C_202301156EN.000101-E0001)

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - International registration designating the European Union - Figurative mark ayuna LESS IS BEAUTY - Earlier EU word mark AJONA - Relative ground for refusal - No likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

(C/2023/1156)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Dr. Rudolf Liebe Nachfolger GmbH & Co. KG (Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Germany) (represented by: E. Stolz, U. Stelzenmüller, H. Meyerfeldt and J. Weiser, lawyers)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Bit Beauty, SL (Barcelona, Spain) (represented by: J. Gallego Jiménez, E. Sanz Valls, P. Bauzá Martínez and Y. Hernández Viñes, lawyers)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 2 June 2022 (Case R 982/2021-2).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | Orders Dr. Rudolf Liebe Nachfolger GmbH & Co. KG to pay the costs. |

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ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/1156/oj

ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)

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