Judgment of the General Court of 15 May 2024 – Korkmaz v EUIPO – Intersnack Deutschland (CETOS)

(Case T-308/23) ¹

(EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for the EU word mark CETOS – Earlier national word mark CHITOS – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: Elif Korkmaz (Cologne, Germany) (represented by: C. Weil, 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: Intersnack Deutschland SE (Cologne)

Re:

By her action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 5 April 2023 (Case R 2031/2022-1).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.    Dismisses the action;

2.    Orders Elif Korkmaz and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) to bear their own costs.

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¹     OJ C 252, 17.7.2023.