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Document 62023TA0056
Case T-56/23: Judgment of the General Court of 13 December 2023 — Laboratorios Ern v EUIPO — Ahlberg-Dollarstore (A’PEAL) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU word mark A’PEAL — Earlier national word mark APIRETAL — Relative grounds for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — No link between the marks at issue — No damage to reputation — Article 8(5) of Regulation 2017/1001)
Case T-56/23: Judgment of the General Court of 13 December 2023 — Laboratorios Ern v EUIPO — Ahlberg-Dollarstore (A’PEAL) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU word mark A’PEAL — Earlier national word mark APIRETAL — Relative grounds for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — No link between the marks at issue — No damage to reputation — Article 8(5) of Regulation 2017/1001)
Case T-56/23: Judgment of the General Court of 13 December 2023 — Laboratorios Ern v EUIPO — Ahlberg-Dollarstore (A’PEAL) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU word mark A’PEAL — Earlier national word mark APIRETAL — Relative grounds for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — No link between the marks at issue — No damage to reputation — Article 8(5) of Regulation 2017/1001)
OJ C, C/2024/1096, 5.2.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/1096/oj (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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Official Journal |
EN Series C |
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C/2024/1096 |
5.2.2024 |
Judgment of the General Court of 13 December 2023 — Laboratorios Ern v EUIPO — Ahlberg-Dollarstore (A’PEAL)
(Case T-56/23) (1)
(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the EU word mark A’PEAL - Earlier national word mark APIRETAL - Relative grounds for refusal - No likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - No link between the marks at issue - No damage to reputation - Article 8(5) of Regulation 2017/1001)
(C/2024/1096)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Laboratorios Ern, SA (Barcelona, Spain) (represented by: R. Guerras Mazón, lawyer)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: L. Lapinskaitė and D. Gája, acting as Agents)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Ahlberg-Dollarstore AB (Kista, Sweden)
Re:
By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 15 November 2022 (Case R 911/2022-1).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Dismisses the action; |
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Orders Laboratorios Ern, SA and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) each to bear their own costs. |
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/1096/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)