Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2023:237
Date: 2023-05-03
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Eighth Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Spain

Judgment of the General Court of 3 May 2023 – Laboratorios Ern v EUIPO – Biolark (BIOLARK) (Case T-459/22) 1 (EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – International registration designating the European Union – Figurative mark BIOLARK – Earlier national word mark BIOPLAK – No likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: Laboratorios Ern, SA (Barcelona, Spain) (represented by: S. Correa Rodríguez, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: T. Klee and A. Ringelhann, acting as Agents) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Biolark, Inc. (San Diego, California, United States) 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 22 April 2022 (Case R 1234/2021-5). Operative part of the judgment The Court: Refuses the application for a declaration that there is no need to adjudicate made by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO); Dismisses the action; Orders each party to bear its own costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 340, 5.9.2022.