Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2022:105
Date: 2022-03-02
Language of the case: Spanish
Court formation: Second Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Spain

Judgment of the General Court of 2 March 2022 – Laboratorios Ern v EUIPO – Beta Sports (META) (Case T-192/21) 1 (EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for the EU word mark META – Earlier national word mark METALGIAL – Relative ground for refusal – No likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) Language of the case: Spanish Parties Applicant: Laboratorios Ern, SA (Barcelona, Spain) (represented by: T. González Martínez, 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: Beta Sports LLC (Coconut Creek, Florida, United States) Re: Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 22 January 2021 (Case R 1152/2020-2), relating to opposition proceedings between Laboratorios Ern and Beta Sports. Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders Laboratorios Ern, SA to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 217, 7.6.2021.