Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 8 February 2023 –  
UniSkin v EUIPO – Unicskin (UNISKIN by Dr. Søren Frankild)

(Case T‑787/21) (
[1](#t-ECR_62021TJ0787_INF_EN_01-E0001)
)

(EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for the EU figurative mark UNISKIN by Dr. Søren Frankild – Earlier national figurative mark UNICSKIN YOUR EFFECTIVE SOLUTION – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Similarity of the goods and services – Distinctive character of the earlier mark – Similarity of the signs – 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 earlier identical or similar mark registered for 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 15, 16, 75) |

| 2. | 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 – Similarity between the goods or services in question – Criteria for assessment – Complementary nature of the goods or services  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paragraphs 19, 32) |

| 3. | 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 – Figurative marks UNISKIN by Dr. Søren Frankild and UNICSKIN YOUR EFFECTIVE SOLUTION  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paragraphs 33, 34, 45, 46, 52, 58, 67, 76) |

| 4. | 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 – Similarity of the marks concerned – Criteria for assessment – Composite mark  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paragraphs 36, 56) |

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

| 2. | Orders UniSkin ApS to pay the costs. |

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(
[1](#c-ECR_62021TJ0787_INF_EN_01-E0001)
) [OJ C 73, 14.2.2022](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:C:2022:073:TOC).

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