Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 27 April 2022.#LG Electronics, Inc. v European Union Intellectual Property Office.#EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU figurative mark SmartThinQ – Earlier national figurative mark SMARTTHING – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) – Translation of the list of goods covered by the earlier mark into the language of the proceedings – Genuine use of the earlier mark.#Case T-181/21.

Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 27 April 2022.
LG Electronics, Inc. v European Union Intellectual Property Office.
EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU figurative mark SmartThinQ – Earlier national figurative mark SMARTTHING – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) – Translation of the list of goods covered by the earlier mark into the language of the proceedings – Genuine use of the earlier mark.
Case T-181/21.

Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 27 April 2022.
LG Electronics, Inc. v European Union Intellectual Property Office.
EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU figurative mark SmartThinQ – Earlier national figurative mark SMARTTHING – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) – Translation of the list of goods covered by the earlier mark into the language of the proceedings – Genuine use of the earlier mark.
Case T-181/21.

ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:T:2022:247