Judgment of the General Court of 6 November 2024 – Domingo Alonso Group v EUIPO – Ald Automotive and Salvador Caetano Auto (my CARFLIX)

(Case T-200/23)  (1)

(EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU figurative mark my CARFLIX - Earlier national figurative mark CarFlex - Relative ground for invalidity - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) and Article 60(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

(C/2025/169)

Language of the case: Spanish

Parties

Applicant: Domingo Alonso Group, SL (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain) (represented by: J. García Domínguez, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: J. Ivanauskas and E. Nicolás Gómez, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Ald Automotive, SA (Majadahonda, Spain) (represented by: J.C. Erdozain López and L. Morales Díaz, lawyers)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Salvador Caetano Auto (SGPS), SA (Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the partial annulment of the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 24 October 2022 (Case R 2213/2021-5).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

(1)   OJ C 235, 3.7.2023.