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... er word mark COINBASE – International registration of the earlier figurative mark coinbase exchange – Relative ground for refusal – No likelihood of confusion – No similarity of the goods and services – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

In Case T‑126/22,

Coinbase, Inc., established in Oakland, California (United States), represented by A. Nordemann and M. Maier, lawyers,

applicant,

v

European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), represented by M. Eberl and E. Nicolás Gómez, acting as Agents,

defendant,

the other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO being

Coinbase Global OÜ, established in Tallinn (Estonia),

THE GENERAL COURT (Seventh Chamber),

composed of K. Kowalik‑Bańczyk, President, G. Hesse and B. Ricziová (Rapporteur), Judges,

Registrar: A. Juhász‑Tóth, Administrator,

having regard to the written part of the procedure,

further to the hearing on 14 September 2023,

gives the following

Judgment

1. By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant, Coinbase, Inc., seeks the annulment of the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 20 December 2021 (Case R 1097/2021-4) (‘the contested decision’).

Background to the dispute

2. On 3 July 2019, the other party to the proceedings before EUIPO, Coinbase Global OÜ, filed an application for registration of an EU trade mark with EUIPO in respect of the word sign coinbase.

3. The mark applied for covered services in Classes 36 and 41 of the Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of ...