Judgment of the General Court of 10 April 2024 – Häcker Küchen v EUIPO – Moura & Moura (MH Cuisines)

(Case T-42/23) ¹

(EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for EU figurative mark MH Cuisines – International registration of the earlier figurative mark MM CUISINES – Relative ground for refusal – No likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: Häcker Küchen GmbH & Co. KG (Rödinghausen, Germany) (represented by: F. Dehn, L. Maritzen, C. Krafft and K. Blükle, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: A. Bosse and T. Klee, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Moura & Moura & Moura Fabricação e Comercialização de Mobiliário Lda (Sanfins de Ferreira, Portugal)

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 24 November 2022 (Case R 1078/2022-1).

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 24 November 2022 (Case R 1078/2022-1);

2.    Orders EUIPO to pay the costs.

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¹     OJ C 104, 20.3.2023.