Judgment of the General Court of 20 March 2024 – Braunschweiger Versorgungs v EUIPO – B.F. Energy (BF energy)

(Case T-245/23) ¹

(EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for the EU figurative mark BF energy – Earlier national word mark BS Energy – Earlier EU trade mark and national figurative marks BS ENERGY – Relative ground for refusal – No likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Braunschweiger Versorgungs AG & Co. KG (Brunswick, Germany) (represented by: C. Drzymalla, lawyer)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: B.F. Energy Srl (Rome, Italy)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks, in particular, the annulment of the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 17 February 2023 (Case R 1646/2022-2).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.    Dismisses the action;

2.    Orders each party to bear its own costs.

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¹     OJ C 235, 3.7.2023.