Judgment of the General Court of 7 February 2024 – Oriflame Cosmetics v EUIPO – Caramé (O)

(Case T-74/23) ¹

(EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – International registration designating the European Union – Figurative mark O – Earlier international registration in respect of the figurative mark O – Relative grounds for refusal – No genuine use of the earlier mark – Article 42(2) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 47(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Oriflame Cosmetics AG (Schaffhausen, Switzerland) (represented by: N. Gerling and U. Pfleghar, lawyers)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Caramé Holding AG (Sulzbach, Germany) (represented by: M. Ebner and R. Lange, lawyers)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment and the alteration of the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 7 December 2022 (Case R 938/2022-2).

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 7 December 2022 (R 938/2022-2);

2.    Dismisses the action as to the remainder;

3.    Orders EUIPO to bear its own costs and to pay half of those incurred by Oriflame Cosmetics AG;

4.    Orders Caramé Holding AG to bear its own costs and to pay half of those incurred by Oriflame Cosmetics.

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¹     OJ C 121, 3.4.2023.