Judgment of the General Court of 31 January 2024 – ECE Group GmbH v EUIPO – ECE Piknik Ürünleri Plastik ve Kömür Üretim Ithalat Ihracat (ECE QUALITY OF LIFE)
(Case T-581/22) 1
(EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for EU figurative mark ECE QUALITY OF LIFE – Earlier national figurative mark ECE – Relative grounds for refusal – Article 8(1)(b) and (5) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: ECE Group GmbH & Co. KG (Hamburg, Germany) (represented by: M. Kloth, R. Briske, M. Tillwich and P. Funke, lawyers)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: R. Raponi and V. Ruzek, acting as Agents)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: ECE Piknik Ürünleri Plastik ve Kömür Üretim Ithalat Ihracat Anonim Sirketi (Dilovasi, Türkiye)
Re:
By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the alteration of the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 4 July 2022 (Case R 1384/2021-2).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action;
Orders ECE Group GmbH & Co. KG to pay the costs.
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1 OJ C 463, 5.12.2022.