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Language: en
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Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 15 November 2023 –  
Laboratorios Normon v EUIPO – Sofar (NORMOCARE)

(Case T‑19/23) (
[1](#t-ECR_62023TJ0019_INF_EN_01-E0001)
)

(EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU word mark NORMOCARE – Earlier national word mark NOMOR – Relative ground for invalidity – Article 60(1)(a) and Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

| 1. | EU trade mark – Surrender, revocation and invalidity – Relative grounds for invalidity – Existence 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, Arts 8(1)(b) and 60(1)(a))  (see paragraphs 15, 16, 39) |

| 2. | EU trade mark – Surrender, revocation and invalidity – Relative grounds for invalidity – Existence of an identical or similar earlier mark registered in respect of identical or similar goods or services – Similarity between the marks concerned – Assessment of the distinctive character of an element of a trade mark  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paragraphs 19, 21) |

| 3. | EU trade mark – Surrender, revocation and invalidity – Relative grounds for invalidity – Existence 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 NORMOCARE and NOMOR  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paragraphs 30, 31, 37, 38, 47-50) |

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

| 2. | Orders Laboratorios Normon, SA and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) to bear their own costs. |

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(
[1](#c-ECR_62023TJ0019_INF_EN_01-E0001)
) [OJ C 83, 6.3.2023](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:C:2023:083:TOC).

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