62024TJ0478_INF
Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 21 May 2025 –Kap3 Premium Products v EUIPO – CuraProducts (CaloVital)
(Case T‑478/24)
(EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for EU word mark CaloVital – Earlier EU word mark lovital – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
1.
EU trade mark – Definition and acquisition of the EU trade mark – Relative grounds for refusal – Opposition by the proprietor of an identical or similar earlier mark registered in respect of identical or similar goods or services – Likelihood of confusion with the earlier mark – Criteria for assessment
(European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))
(see paragraphs 19, 20, 41)
2.
EU trade mark – Definition and acquisition of the EU trade mark – Relative grounds for refusal – Opposition by the proprietor of an identical or similar earlier mark registered in respect of identical or similar goods or services – Likelihood of confusion with the earlier mark – Similarity between the marks concerned – Criteria for assessment
(European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))
(see paragraph 24)
3.
EU trade mark – Definition and acquisition of the EU trade mark – Relative grounds for refusal – Opposition by the proprietor of an identical or similar earlier mark registered in respect of identical or similar goods or services – Likelihood of confusion with the earlier mark – Word marks CaloVital and lovital
(European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b); Commission Regulation 2018/626, Art. 3(3)(a))
(see paragraphs 28-30, 32, 33, 37, 38, 45, 46)
Operative part
The Court:
1.
Dismisses the action;
2.
Orders Kap3 Premium Products UG (haftungsbeschränkt) to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by CuraProducts GmbH before the General Court;
3.
Orders the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) to bear its own costs.