Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2025:851
Date: 2025-09-10
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Second Chamber
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Germany

Judgment of the General Court of 10 September 2025 –EFFAS v EUIPO – CFA Institute (CEFA Certified European Financial Analyst) (Case T-592/24) 1 (EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for the EU word mark CEFA Certified European Financial Analyst – Earlier EU word mark CFA – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 – Lack of peaceful coexistence) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: European Federation of Financial Analysts’ Societies (EFFAS) (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) (represented by: E. Manresa Medina, 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, intervener before the General Court: CFA Institute (Charlottesville, Virginia, United States) (represented by: W. May and S. Reuvers, lawyers) Re: By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 19 September 2024 (Case R 1418/2022-2). Operative part of the judgment The Court: Dismisses the action; Orders European Federation of Financial Analysts’ Societies (EFFAS) to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by CFA Institute; Orders the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) to bear its own costs. ____________ 1 OJ C, C/2025/404, 27.1.2025.