Judgment of the General Court of 15 November 2023 – TUI Holding v EUIPO – inCruises International (INCRUISES)

(Case T-780/22) ¹

(EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for EU word mark INCRUISES – Earlier EU figurative mark INTERCRUISES SHORESIDE & PORT SERVICES – Relative ground for refusal – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 – Genuine use of the earlier mark – Article 47(2) and (3) of Regulation 2017/1001)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: TUI Holding Spain, SLU (Palma de Mallorca, Spain) (represented by: H. Fangmann, lawyer)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: inCruises International LLC (San Juan, Puerto Rico)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 21 September 2022 (Case R 1081/2021-2).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.    Annuls the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 21 September 2022 (Case R 1081/2021-2);

2.    Orders the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) to pay the costs.

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¹     OJ C 45, 6.2.2023.