Judgment of the General Court of 7 February 2024 – Topper Argentina v EUIPO – Ningbo Xiangxinli Network Technology (wetoper)

(Case T-630/22) ¹

(EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for the EU word mark wetoper – Earlier national word mark TOPPER and earlier Benelux figurative mark Topper – Relative ground for refusal – No likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

Language of the case: Spanish

Parties

Applicant: Topper Argentina, SA (Buenos Aires, Republic of Argentina) (represented by: J.M. Mora Cortés, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: E. Nicolás Gómez, lawyer)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Ningbo Xiangxinli Network Technology Co. Ltd (Qingdao, China)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 29 June 2022 (Case R 2126/2021-4).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

Dismisses the action;

Orders Topper Argentina, SA and the European Union Intellectual Property Office to bear their own costs.

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¹     OJ C 463, 5.12.2022.