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/2023/532 | 6.11.2023 |

Judgment of the General Court of 13 September 2023 — Gürok Turizm ve Madencilik v EUIPO — Darvas and Pap (LΛΛVΛ)

(Case T-473/22) [(1)](#ntr1-C_202300532EN.000101-E0001)

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the EU figurative mark LΛΛVΛ - Earlier EU figurative marks LAV and Lav - Relative ground for refusal - No likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Right to be heard - Article 94(1), second sentence, of Regulation 2017/1001)

(C/2023/532)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Gürok Turizm ve Madencilik Anonim Sirketi (Kütahya, Türkiye) (represented by: M. López Camba and A. Lyubomirova Geleva, lawyers)

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

Other parties to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Gábor Darvas (Budapest, Hungary), Dorina Pap (Kiskunhalas, Hungary)

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 20 May 2022 (Case R 1745/2021-2).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | Orders Gürok Turizm ve Madencilik Anonim Sirketi to pay the costs. |

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ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/532/oj

ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)

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