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... ignating the European Union – Word mark BTK – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 )

In Case T‑56/24,

Birių Krovinių Terminalas UAB, established in Klaipėda (Lithuania), represented by V. Viešūnaitė, lawyer,

applicant,

v

European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), represented by M. Eberl, acting as Agent,

defendant,

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

BTK Befrachtungs-und Transportkontor GmbH, established in Raubling (Germany), represented by D. Wiedemann and L. Schene, lawyers,

THE GENERAL COURT (Eighth Chamber),

composed of A. Kornezov (Rapporteur), President, G. De Baere and S. Kingston, Judges,

Registrar: V. Di Bucci,

having regard to the written part of the procedure,

having regard to the fact that no request for a hearing was submitted by the parties within three weeks after service of notification of the close of the written part of the procedure, and having decided to rule on the action without an oral part of the procedure, pursuant to Article 106(3) of the Rules of Procedure of the General Court,

gives the following

Judgment

1. By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant, Birių Krovinių Terminalas UAB, seeks the annulment of the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 4 December 2023 (Case R 637/2023-4) (‘the contested decision’).

Background to the dispute

2. On 6 April 2021, the applicant filed with EUIPO an application for registration ...