Judgment of the General Court of 13 December 2023 – KHG v EUIPO – Dreams (Dreamer)
(Case T-608/22) 1
(EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for EU figurative mark Dreamer – Earlier EU word mark DREAMS – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
Language of the case: German
Parties
Applicant: KHG GmbH & Co. KG (Schönefeld, Germany) (represented by: D. Gehnen, K. Ritzmann, C. López Hernando, M. Nathrath and E. Altintas, lawyers)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: M. Eberl, acting as Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Dreams Ltd (High Wycombe, United Kingdom)
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 29 June 2022 (Case R 1975/2021-2).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Annuls in part the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 29 June 2022 (Case R 1975/2021-2) in so far as it dismissed the appeal so far as concerns ‘printers’ blankets of textile’ in Class 24 covered by the mark applied for;
2. Dismisses the action as to the remainder;
3. Orders KHG GmbH & Co. KG and EUIPO to bear their own costs.
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1 OJ C 441, 21.11.2022.