Judgment of the General Court of 8 May 2024 - Ofree v EUIPO - gamigo (gamindo)

(Case T-91/23) ¹

(EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for the EU figurative mark gamindo – Earlier EU word mark gamigo – Relative ground for refusal – No likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 – Obligation to state reasons – Article 94(1) of Regulation 2017/1001 – Article 41(2)(c) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Ofree Srl (Treviso, Italy) (represented by: L. Sergi, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: M. Capostagno and T. Klee, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: gamigo AG (Hamburg, Germany) (represented by: P. Lange, 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 10 January 2023 (Case R 632/2022-2).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.    Dismisses the action;

2.    Orders Ofree Srl to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by gamigo AG;

3.    Orders the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) to bear its own costs.

____________

¹     OJ C 121, 3.4.2023.