24.7.2023   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 261/36


Judgment of the General Court of 7 June 2023 — Laboratorios Ern v EUIPO — BRM Extremities (BIOPLAN)

(Case T-543/22) (1)

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU word mark BIOPLAN - Earlier national word mark BIOPLAK - Relative ground for refusal - No similarity between the goods - No likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

(2023/C 261/50)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Laboratorios Ern, SA (Barcelona, Spain) (represented by: S. Correa Rodríguez, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: J. Ivanauskas, acting as Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: BRM Extremities Srl (Milan, Italy)

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 6 June 2022 (Case R 2147/2021-5).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Dismisses the action;

2.

Orders each party to bear its own costs.


(1)  OJ C 408, 24.10.2022.