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... nting a crown – Earlier EU figurative marks representing a crown and ROLEX – Relative grounds for refusal – No likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) – No injury to reputation – Article 8(5) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 8(5) of Regulation 2017/1001))

In Case T‑726/21,

Rolex SA, established in Geneva (Switzerland), represented by C. Sueiras Villalobos, P. Tent Alonso and V. Gigante Pérez, lawyers,

applicant,

v

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

defendant,

the other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court, being

PWT A/S, established in Aalborg (Denmark), represented by A. Skovfoged Melgaard and C. Barrett Christiansen, lawyers,

THE GENERAL COURT (Fifth Chamber),

composed, at the time of the deliberations, of D. Spielmann (Rapporteur), President, U. Öberg and M. Brkan, Judges,

Registrar: A. Juhász-Tóth, Administrator,

having regard to the written part of the procedure,

further to the hearing on 15 November 2022,

gives the following

Judgment

1. By its action based on Article 263 TFEU, the applicant, Rolex SA, seeks annulment of the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 25 August 2021 (Case R 2389/2020-4) (‘the contested decision’).

Background to the dispute

2. On 27 November 2014, the intervener, PWT A/S, obtained international registration No 1263679 designating the European Union from the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property ...