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/2024/2157 | 25.3.2024 |

Judgment of the General Court of 31 January 2024 — ECE Group GmbH v EUIPO — ECE Piknik Ürünleri Plastik ve Kömür Üretim Ithalat Ihracat (ECE QUALITY OF LIFE)

(Case T-581/22) [(1)](#ntr1-C_202402157EN.000101-E0001)

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU figurative mark ECE QUALITY OF LIFE - Earlier national figurative mark ECE - Relative grounds for refusal - Article 8(1)(b) and (5) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

(C/2024/2157)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: ECE Group GmbH & Co. KG (Hamburg, Germany) (represented by: M. Kloth, R. Briske, M. Tillwich and P. Funke, lawyers)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: ECE Piknik Ürünleri Plastik ve Kömür Üretim Ithalat Ihracat Anonim Sirketi (Dilovasi, Türkiye)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the alteration of the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 4 July 2022 (Case R 1384/2021-2).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | Orders ECE Group GmbH & Co. KG to pay the costs. |

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ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/2157/oj

ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)

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