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Language: en
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Judgment of the General Court of 17 April 2024 – DDP Specialty Electronic Materials US 8 v EUIPO – Taniobis (AMBERTEC)

(Case T-76/23)
 [(1)](#ntr1-C_202403464EN.000101-E0001)

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU word mark AMBERTEC - Earlier EU word mark AMPERTEC - Relative ground for refusal - No likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Right to be heard - Article 94(1) of Regulation 2017/1001)

(C/2024/3464)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: DDP Specialty Electronic Materials US 8 LLC (Collegeville, Pennsylvania, United States) (represented by: G. Gibbons, lawyer, R. Minch and A. Bateman, solicitors)

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: Taniobis GmbH (Goslar, Germany)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 14 November 2022 (Case R 1988/2021-4).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Annuls the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 14 November 2022 (Case R 1988/2021-4); |

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| 2. | Orders EUIPO to pay the costs, including the costs necessarily incurred by DDP Specialty Electronic Materials US 8 LLC for the purposes of the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO. |

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ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/3464/oj

ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)

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