Judgment of the General Court of 6 March 2024 - Drinks Prod v EUIPO - Coolike-Regnery (VIVIASEPT)

(Case T-796/22) ¹

(EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for EU figurative mark VIVIASEPT – Earlier EU word mark VIBASEPT – 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 and V. Stănese, lawyers)

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, intervener before the General Court: Coolike-Regnery GmbH (Bensheim, Germany) (represented by: M. Finke and T. Becker, lawyers)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks annulment of the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 29 September 2022 (Case R 488/2022-5).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.    Dismisses the action;

2.    Orders Drinks Prod SRL, the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and Coolike-Regnery GmbH each to bear their own costs.

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¹     OJ C 54, 13.2.2023.