(EU trade mark– Opposition proceedings– Application for the EU figurative mark WOOD STEP LAMINATE FLOORING– Earlier international word mark STEP– Relative ground for refusal– Likelihood of confusion– Article8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001

111Under Article134(1) of the Rules of Procedure, the unsuccessful party is to be ordered to pay the costs if they have been applied for in the successful party’s pleadings.

112Since the applicant has been unsuccessful, it must be ordered to pay the costs, in accordance with the forms of order sought by EUIPO and the intervener.

On those grounds,

THE GENERAL COURT (Ninth Chamber)

hereby:

1.Dismisses the action;

2.Orders Diego Kereskedelmi és Szolgáltató Kft. to pay the costs.

Delivered in open court in Luxembourg on 26January 2022.

*Language of the case: English.