Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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Judgment of the General Court of 20 November 2024 – Laboratorio SYS v EUIPO – Dr. Babor (sYs)

(Case T-39/24)
 [(1)](#ntr1-C_202500564EN.000101-E0001)

(EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU word mark sYs - Earlier national figurative marks S&S cosmética natural - Relative ground for invalidity - No likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

(C/2025/564)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Laboratorio SYS, SL (Torrent, Spain) (represented by: N. Fernández Fernández-Pacheco, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: D. Stoyanova-Valchanova, acting as Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Dr. Babor GmbH & Co. KG (Aachen, Germany) (represented by: J. Sroka, lawyer)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment and the alteration of the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 22 November 2023 (Case R 2462/2022-1).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | Orders Laboratorio SYS, SL to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Dr. Babor GmbH & Co. KG; |

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| 3. | Orders EUIPO to bear its own costs. |

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ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/564/oj

ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)

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