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In Case T‑356/21,

Future Motion, Inc., established in Santa Cruz, California (United States), represented by F.‑M. Orou, lawyer,

applicant,

v

European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), represented by J. Ivanauskas, acting as Agent,

defendant,

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

El Corte Inglés, SA, established in Madrid (Spain), represented by J.L. Rivas Zurdo, lawyer,

ACTION brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 26 April 2021 (Case R 1229/2020‑1), relating to opposition proceedings between El Corte Inglés and Future Motion,

THE GENERAL COURT (Second Chamber),

composed of V. Tomljenović, President, P. Škvařilová-Pelzl (Rapporteur) and I. Nõmm, Judges,

Registrar: E. Coulon,

having regard to the written part of the procedure,

gives the following

Judgment

1. By its action based on Article 263 TFEU, the applicant, Future Motion, Inc., seeks annulment of the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 26 April 2021 (Case R 1229/2020‑1) (‘the contested decision’).

Background to the dispute

2. On 5 June 2017, the applicant, Future Motion, Inc., obtained from the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) international registration No 1360694 designating the European Union in respect of the word mark Hypercore.

3. On 17 August 2017, EUIPO ...