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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Judgment of the General Court of 11 October 2023 — Olive Line International v EUIPO — Santa Rita Harinas (SANTARRITA)

(Case T-52/23) [(1)](#ntr1-C_202301162EN.000101-E0001)

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU word trade mark SANTARRITA - Earlier EU figurative mark Santa Rita - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Proof of genuine use of the earlier trade mark - Article 47(2) of Regulation 2017/1001)

(C/2023/1162)

Language of the case: Spanish

Parties

Applicant: Olive Line International, SL (Madrid, Spain) (represented by: K. Guridi Sedlak, lawyer)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Santa Rita Harinas, SLU (Loranca de Tajuña, Spain)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 7 December 2022 (Case R 577/2022-5).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | Orders each party to bear its own costs. |

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ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/1162/oj

ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)

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