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 25 October 2023 — Quantic Dream v EUIPO — Quentia (Q)

(Case T-458/21) [(1)](#ntr1-C_202301297EN.000101-E0001)

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the EU figurative mark Q - Earlier EU figurative mark Q - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

(C/2023/1297)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Quantic Dream (Paris, France) (represented by: A. Grolée, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: M. Eberl and D. Gája, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Quentia GmbH (Gersthofen, Germany) (represented by: A. Kohn, lawyer)

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 2 June 2021 (Case R 2070/2020-4).

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 2 June 2021 (Case R 2070/2020-4); |

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| 2. | Dismisses the action as to the remainder; |

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| 3. | Orders EUIPO and Quentia GmbH to bear their own costs and to pay the costs incurred by Quantic Dream, including those which it incurred for the purposes of the proceedings before the Board of Appeal. |

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ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/1297/oj

ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)

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