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Case T-33/23: Judgment of the General Court of 20 November 2024 – Domator24 v EUIPO – Acer (PREDATOR) (EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU word mark PREDATOR – Earlier EU word mark PREDATOR – Relative ground for invalidity – Likelihood of confusion – Complementarity and similarity of the goods – 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))

OJ C, C/2025/549, 3.2.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/549/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)

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/549/oj

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C/2025/549

3.2.2025

Judgment of the General Court of 20 November 2024 – Domator24 v EUIPO – Acer (PREDATOR)

(Case T-33/23)  (1)

(EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU word mark PREDATOR - Earlier EU word mark PREDATOR - Relative ground for invalidity - Likelihood of confusion - Complementarity and similarity of the goods - 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))

(C/2025/549)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Domator24 sp. z o.o. (Zielona Góra, Poland) (represented by: T. Gawliczek, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: J. Ivanauskas and V. Ruzek, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Acer, Inc. (Taipei, Taiwan) (represented by: R. Schiffer, lawyer)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 9 November 2022 (Case R 381/2022-5).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Dismisses the action;

2.

Orders Domator24 sp. z o.o. to pay the costs.


(1)   OJ C 94, 13.3.2023.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/549/oj

ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)


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