Judgment;Information — ECLI:EU:T:2023:362
Date: 2023-06-28
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Second Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: United Kingdom

Judgment of the General Court of 28 June 2023 – Hofmeir Magnetics v EUIPO – Healthfactories (Hofmag) (Case T-452/22) 1 (EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for EU word mark Hofmag – Earlier non-registered word mark HOFMAG – Relative ground for refusal – No use in the course of trade of a sign of more than mere local significance – Article 8(4) and Article 60(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: Hofmeir Magnetics Ltd (Witney, United Kingdom) (represented by: S. Baur, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: E. Markakis, acting as Agent) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Healthfactories GmbH (Saaldorf-Surheim, Germany) (represented by C. Vischer, 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 3 May 2022 (Case R 1367/2021-5). Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders Hofmeir Magnetics Ltd to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Healthfactories GmbH; 3. Orders the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) to bear its own costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 340, 5.9.2022