Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 8.5.2023 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 164/40 |

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Judgment of the General Court of 15 March 2023 — Zelmotor v EUIPO — B&B Trends (zelmotor)

(Case T-194/22) [(1)](#ntr1-C_2023164EN.01004002-E0001)

(EU trade mark - Revocation proceedings - EU figurative mark zelmotor - No genuine use of the mark - Article 58(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

(2023/C 164/56)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Zelmotor sp. z o.o. (Rzeszów, Poland) (represented by: M. Rumak, lawyer)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: B&B Trends, SL (Santa Perpètua de Mogoda, Spain) (represented by: J. Mora Cortés, lawyer)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the partial annulment of the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 4 February 2022 (Case R 927/2021-2).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | Orders Zelmotor sp. z o.o. to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by B&B Trends, SL; |

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| 3. | Orders the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) to bear its own costs. |

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