Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2024:435
Date: 2024-07-03
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Second Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - successful
Origin: Spain

Judgment of the General Court of 3 July 2024 – AC Marca Brands v EUIPO – Sanitix (Sanitix) (Case T-358/23) 1 (EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for the EU word mark Sanitix – Earlier EU figurative mark SANYTOL – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 – Increased distinctiveness of the earlier mark) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: AC Marca Brands, SL (Alcobendas, Spain) (represented by: D. Pellisé Urquiza and J.C. Quero Navarro, lawyers) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: D. Stoyanova-Valchanova, acting as Agent) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Sanitix Ltd (London, United Kingdom) 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 3 May 2023 (Case R 1954/2022-1). Operative part of the judgment The Court: Annuls the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 3 May 2023 (Case R 1954/2022-1); Orders EUIPO to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by AC Marca Brands, SL for the purposes of the proceedings before the General Court; Dismisses the action as to the remainder. ____________ 1 OJ C 296, 21.8.2023.