Judgment of the General Court of 17 April 2024 – Yadex International v EUIPO – Armada Gida (doyum)

(Case T-209/23) ¹

(EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for EU figurative mark doyum – Earlier national word mark Doyum – Relative ground for refusal – No similarity between the goods – No likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Yadex International GmbH (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) (represented by: P. Kohl, lawyer)

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: Armada Gida Ticaret Sanayi AŞ (Akdeniz, Türkiye)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks annulment of the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 22 February 2023 (Case R 1436/2022-1).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

Dismisses the action;

Orders Yadex International GmbH and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) to each bear their own costs.

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¹     OJ C 216, 19.6.2023.