Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2024:579
Date: 2024-09-04
Language of the case: German
Court formation: First Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Germany

Judgment of the General Court of 4 September 2024 – EvivaMed Distribution v EUIPO – Galenica (VIVORA) (Case T-347/23) 1 (EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for EU word mark VIVORA – Earlier word mark VERFORA – Partial rejection of the application for registration – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) Language of the case: German Parties Applicant: EvivaMed Distribution GmbH (Wenzenbach, Germany) (represented by: K. Landes, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: M. Eberl, acting as Agent) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Galenica AG (Bern, Switzerland) (represented by: C. Tenkhoff and T. Herzog, lawyers) Re: By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment in part and the alteration of the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 26 April 2023 (Case R 1556/2022-1). Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. Dismisses the appeal; 2. Orders EvivaMed Distribution GmbH to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Galenica AG; 3. Orders the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) to bear its own costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 278, 7.8.2023.