Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 14.11.2022 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 432/25 |

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Judgment of the General Court of 14 September 2022 — Gioioso v EUIPO — Maxi Di (MARE GIOIOSO di Sebastiano IMPORT EXPORT)

(Case T-423/21) [(1)](#ntr1-C_2022432EN.01002501-E0001)

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the EU figurative mark MARE GIOIOSO di Sebastiano IMPORT EXPORT - Earlier national figurative mark GIOIA DI MARE - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

(2022/C 432/29)

Language of the case: Italian

Parties

Applicant: Sebastiano Gioioso (Fasano, Italy) (represented by: F. Amati, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: R. Raponi and J. Crespo Carrillo, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Maxi Di Srl (Belfiore, Italy)

Re:

By his application based on Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the First Board of Appeal of European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 10 May 2021 (Case R 1650/2020-1).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | dismisses the action. |

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| 2. | orders Mr Sebastiano Gioioso to bear the costs. |

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