Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2023:390
Date: 2023-07-12
Language of the case: Spanish
Court formation: First Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Spain

Judgment of the General Court of 12 July 2023 – Innovaciones Cosmético Farmacéuticas v EUIPO – Benito Oliver (th pharma) (Case T-27/22) 1 (EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for EU figurative mark TH PHARMA – Earlier national figurative mark TH – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 – Genuine use of the earlier mark – Article 47(2) and (3) of Regulation 2017/1001) Language of the case: Spanish Parties Applicant: Innovaciones Cosmético Farmacéuticas SL (Alhama de Murcia, Spain) (represented by: I. Temiño Ceniceros and F. Ortega Sánchez, lawyers) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: J. Crespo Carrillo, acting as Agent) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Miguel Ángel Benito Oliver (Pont D’Inca-Marratxi, Spain) (represented by: J. Mora Cortés, lawyer) Re: By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 9 November 2021 (Case R 1605/2020-1). Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders Innovaciones Cosmético Farmacéuticas SL to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 109, 7.3.2022.