Appeal loged on 8 Dec 2022, C-751/22 (Shopify v EUIPO)

EU trade mark – Cancellation proceedings – EU figurative mark Shoppi – Earlier EU word mark SHOPIFY – Relative ground for refusal – No likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) and Article 53(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) and Article 60(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) – Lack of enhanced distinctiveness of the earlier mark – Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union and from Euratom (Brexit)