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**Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 20 November 2024 –** 
  
**Domator24 v EUIPO – Acer (PREDATOR)**

**(Case T**‑**33/23)**

( EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU word mark PREDATOR – Earlier EU word mark PREDATOR – Relative ground for invalidity )

1.      *Judicial proceedings – Proof – Probative value – Criteria for assessment – Principles of the unfettered adduction of evidence and the unfettered evaluation of evidence*

*(Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 85; European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 95(1); Commission Regulation 2018/625, Arts 22(2) and 55(1) and (2))*

*(see paragraph 23)*

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 – Likelihood of confusion with the earlier mark – Criteria for assessment*

*(Council Regulation No 207/2009, Arts 8(1)(b) and 53(1)(a))*

*(see paragraphs 38, 39, 65)*

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 – Similarity between the goods or services in question – Criteria for assessment – Complementary nature of the goods or services*

*(Council Regulation No 207/2009, Arts 8(1)(b) and 53(1)(a))*

*(see paragraphs 40-43)*

4.      *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 – Word marks PREDATOR and PREDATOR*

*(Council Regulation No 207/2009, Arts 8(1)(b) and 53(1)(a))*

*(see paragraphs 46, 47, 52-56, 62, 69)*

5.      *EU trade mark – Decisions of EUIPO – Legality – EUIPO’s previous decision-making practice – Need for a stringent and full examination in each individual case*

*(Council Regulation No 207/2009)*

*(see paragraph 61)*

**Operative part**

The Court:

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| 1. |  | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. |  | Orders Domator24 sp. z o.o. to pay the costs. |

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