Judgment of the General Court of 28 February 2024 – Drinks Prod v EUIPO – Wolff and Illg (IGISAN)

(Case T-164/23) ¹

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

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Drinks Prod SRL (Păntășești, Romania) (represented by: I. Speciac, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: I. Stoycheva and D. Gája, acting as Agents)

Other parties to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, interveners before the General Court: Siegfried Wolff (Berlin, Germany), Matthias Illg (Berlin) (represented by: R. Kunz-Hallstein, lawyer)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 19 January 2023 (Case R 982/2022-2).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.    Dismisses the action;

2.    Orders Drinks Prod SRL to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Mr Siegfried Wolff and Mr Matthias Illg.

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¹     OJ C 179, 22.5.2023.