Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2021:165
Date: 2021-03-24
Language of the case: Spanish
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Spain

Judgment of the General Court (Tenth Chamber) of 24 March 2021 – Laboratorios Ern v EUIPO – Sanolie (SANOLIE) (Case T‑175/20) (EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for EU word mark SANOLIE – Earlier national word mark SANODIN – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)) EU trade mark – Definition and acquisition of the EU trade mark – Relative grounds for refusal – Opposition by the proprietor of an earlier identical or similar mark registered for identical or similar goods or services – Likelihood of confusion with the earlier mark – Word marks SANOLIE and SANODIN (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 8(1)(b)) (see paras 34, 43, 44, 53, 67, 75, 83, 89, 104, 105) Re: Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 22 January 2020 (Case R 2405/2018-4), relating to opposition proceedings between Laboratorios Ern and Sanolie. Operative part The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders Laboratorios Ern, SA to pay the costs.