Judgment of the General Court of 7 February 2024 – Weinart Handelsgesellschaft v EUIPO – Donnafugata (KABI)

(Case T-302/23) ¹

(EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for the EU word mark KABI – Earlier EU figurative mark Kabir DONNAFUGATA – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Weinart Handelsgesellschaft mbH, (Geisenheim, Germany) (represented by: M. Heinrich, lawyer)

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: Donnafugata Srl (Marsala (Italy))

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 13 March 2023 (Case R 2064/2022-4).

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 252, 17.7.2023