Judgment of the General Court of 13 March 2024 – Kantstraße Paris Bar v EUIPO – Superstudio21 (Bar Paris)

(Case T-117/23) ¹

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

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: Kantstraße Paris Bar GmbH (Berlin, Germany) (represented by: S. Osterrieth and U. Hildebrandt, lawyers)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Superstudio21 GmbH (Cologne, Germany) (represented by: D. Tsoumanis, lawyer)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 21 December 2022 (Case R 299/2022-5).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.    Dismisses the action;

2.    Orders Kantstraße Paris Bar GmbH to pay the costs.

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¹     OJ C 134, 17.4.2023.