Judgment of the General Court of 20 March 2024 – Sandhold v EUIPO – Grupo de Bodegas Vinartis (PATAPOUF)

(Case T-540/23) ¹

(EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for EU word mark PATAPOUF – Earlier EU word mark PATA NEGRA – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Sandhold BV (Leiden, Netherlands) (represented by: A. Spiegeler, lawyer)

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: Grupo de Bodegas Vinartis, SA (Madrid, Spain)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks partial annulment of the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 1 June 2023 (Case R 2553/2022-2).

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 223, 23.10.2023.