Judgment of the General Court of 29 November 2023 – Coljnar v EUIPO – Barbarian Sports Wear (Barbarian fashion)

(Case T-427/22) ¹

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

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Nataly Coljnar (Maribor, Slovenia) (represented by: A. Šiška, lawyer)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Barbarian Sports Wear Inc. (Kitchener, Ontario, Canada)

Re:

By her action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 12 May 2022 (Case R 1953/2021-4).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.    Dismisses the action;

2.    Orders Ms Nataly Coljnar and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) each to bear their own costs;

3.    Orders Barbarian Sports Wear Inc. to bear its own costs in relation to the procedural documents which it has lodged.

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¹     OJ C 326, 29.8.2022.