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Document 62021TA0787

Case T-787/21: Judgment of the General Court of 8 February 2023 — UniSkin v EUIPO — Unicskin (UNISKIN by Dr. Søren Frankild) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU figurative mark UNISKIN by Dr. Søren Frankild — Earlier national figurative mark UNICSKIN YOUR EFFECTIVE SOLUTION — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the goods and services — Distinctive character of the earlier mark — Similarity of the signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

OJ C 112, 27.3.2023, p. 32–33 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

27.3.2023   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 112/32


Judgment of the General Court of 8 February 2023 — UniSkin v EUIPO — Unicskin (UNISKIN by Dr. Søren Frankild)

(Case T-787/21) (1)

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the EU figurative mark UNISKIN by Dr. Søren Frankild - Earlier national figurative mark UNICSKIN YOUR EFFECTIVE SOLUTION - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Similarity of the goods and services - Distinctive character of the earlier mark - Similarity of the signs - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

(2023/C 112/41)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: UniSkin ApS (Silkeborg, Denmark) (represented by: M. Hoffgaard Rasmussen, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: E. Śliwińska and T. Frydendahl, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Unicskin, SL (Madrid, Spain)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 20 October 2021 (Case R 771/2021-4).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Dismisses the action;

2.

Orders UniSkin ApS to pay the costs.


(1)  OJ C 73, 14.2.2022.


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