EN
17.4.2023
Official Journal of the European Union
C 134/11
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: R. Raponi and D. Hanf, acting as Agents) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Eric Guangyu Wan (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) (represented by: V. Piccarreta and G. Romanelli, lawyers)
Re: By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 5 July 2021 (Case R 1548/2020-1).
Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1.
Annuls the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 5 July 2021 (Case R 1548/2020-1) in so far as it maintained the registration of the EU trade mark in respect of ‘shirts’; 2.
Orders EUIPO to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Worldwide Brands, Inc.
Zweigniederlassung Deutschland in the course of the proceedings before the Court; 3.
Orders Mr Eric Guangyu Wan to bear the costs he has incurred in the course of the proceedings before the Court.
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OJ C 431, 25.10.2021.
Judgment of the General Court of 1 March 2023 — Canai Technology v EUIPO — Trend Fin (HE&ME) (Case T-25/22) (1) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — International registration designating the European Union — Figurative mark HE&ME — Earlier Benelux word mark ME — Relative ground for refusal — Similarity of the signs — Weak distinctive character of the earlier mark — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) (2023/C 134/14) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: Canai Technology Co. Ltd (Guangzhou, China) (represented by: J.F. Gallego Jiménez, E. Sanz Valls, P.
Bauzá Martínez, Y. Hernández Viñes and C. Marí Aguilar, lawyers) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: J. Ivanauskas, acting as Agent) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Trend Fin BV (Utrecht, Netherlands) (represented by: F. Folmer, L. Bekke and T. de Haan, lawyers)
Re: By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 16 November 2021 (Case R 1390/2020-1).
Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1.
Dismisses the action;