Order of the General Court of 14 January 2026 – Ionfarma v EUIPO – Manola and Simeone (DESMOMED)

(Case T-229/25)  (1)

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU figurative mark DESMOMED - Prior national word mark DERMOMED - Relative ground for refusal - No likelihood of confusion - No similarity between the goods at issue - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

(C/2026/1217)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Ionfarma SL (Barcelona, Spain) (represented by: T. González Martínez, lawyer)

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

Other parties to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, interveners before the General Court: Carmelo Manola (Milan, Italy) and Irene Simeone (Terranuova Bracciolini, Italy)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicants seeks the annulment and the alteration of the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 10 February 2025 (Case R 1316/2024-1).

Operative part of the order

1.	Dismisses the action;

2.	Orders Ionfarma, SL, and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) each to bear their own costs.

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(1)   OJ C, C/2025/2911, 2.6.2025.