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Case T-431/24: Judgment of the General Court of 25 June 2025 – Certinvest v EUIPO – Regal Ventures (Premium Quality REGAL Bakery) (EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for the EU figurative mark Premium Quality REGAL Bakery – Earlier EU word mark REGAL and earlier EU figurative mark Regal – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Certinvest SRL (Păntăşeşti, Romania) (represented by: I. Speciac, 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, intervener before the General Court: Regal Ventures Ltd (Bradford, United Kingdom) (represented by: W. Leppink, 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 18 June 2024 (Joined Cases R 1804/2023-2 and R 1832/2023-2).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Dismisses the action;
2. Orders Certinvest SRL, in addition to bearing its own costs, to pay the costs incurred by Regal Ventures Ltd;
3. Orders the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) to bear its own costs.
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/4290/oj