Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2025:1097
Date: 2025-12-10
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Eighth Chamber
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded;Action for annulment - inadmissible
Origin: Spain

Judgment of the General Court of 10 December 2025 – Cin Valentine v EUIPO – Daw (VAL --- ACRYL) (Case T-518/24) 1 (EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for the EU word mark VAL --- ACRYL – Earlier EU word mark Malacryl – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: Cin Valentine, SA (Montcada I Reixac, Spain) (represented by: T. Villate Consonni, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: T. Frydendahl, acting as Agent) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: DAW SE (Ober-Ramstadt, Germany) (represented by J. Voegeli-Wenzl and S. Krämer, lawyers) Re: By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment and alteration of the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 14 August 2024 (Case R 384/2024-1). Operative part of the judgment The Court: Dismisses the action; Orders Cin Valentine, SA to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by DAW SE. 3. Orders the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) to bear its own costs. ____________ 1 OJ C, C/2024/7355, 16.12.2024.