Judgment of the General Court of 17 January 2024 – Miłosz Jeleń v EUIPO – The Animal Store, Food and Accessories (WILD INSPIRED)

(Case T-47/23) ¹

(EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for the EU word mark WILD INSPIRED – Earlier EU word mark INSPIRED – Relative ground for refusal – No similarity of the services – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Miłosz Jeleń (Kamionka Wielka, Poland) (represented by: M. Bac-Matuszewska, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: M. Chylińska and D. Stoyanova-Valchanova, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: The Animal Store, Food and Accessories, SL (Valencia, Spain)

Re:

By his 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 8 December 2022 (Case R 1299/2022-2).

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 112, 27.3.2023.