Judgment of the General Court of 22 November 2023 – Tradias v EUIPO – Triodos Bank (Tradias)

(Case T-32/23) ¹

(EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for EU word mark Tradias – Earlier EU word mark TRIODOS – Relative ground for refusal – No likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Tradias GmbH (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) (represented by: P. Bär, lawyer)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Triodos Bank NV (Zeist, Netherlands)

Re:

By its 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 30 November 2022 (Case R 734/2022-1).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.    Annuls the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 30 November 2022 (Case R 734/2022-1);

2.    Dismisses the action as to the remainder;

3.    Orders EUIPO to pay the costs, including those incurred by Tradias GmbH before the Board of Appeal.

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¹     OJ C 104, 20.3.2023.