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Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 4 September 2024 –  
CMT v EUIPO – Camomilla (CAMOMILLA italia)

(Case T‑694/22) (
[1](#t-ECR_62022TJ0694_INF_EN_01-E0001)
)

(EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU word mark CAMOMILLA italia – Earlier EU word mark CAMOMILLA – Relative ground for refusal – Comparison of the goods – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) – Power of the Court to alter decisions)

| 1. | Action for annulment – Jurisdiction of the EU judicature – Request that directions be issued to an institution – Claim for a declaratory judgment – Precluded  (Art. 263 TFEU)  (see paragraph 22) |

| 2. | EU trade mark – Appeals procedure – Action before the EU judicature – Limitation of the list of products and services after the decision of the Board of Appeal – Consequences  (Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 188; Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 43(1))  (see paragraphs 28, 29) |

| 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 – Clothing, footwear and headgear in Class 25 of the Nice Agreement and luggage and carrying bags in Class 18 of that agreement  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Arts 8(1)(b) and 53(1)(a))  (see paragraphs 49-52, 71, 73, 74, 80) |

| 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 – Likelihood of confusion with the earlier mark – Word marks CAMOMILLA italia and CAMOMILLA  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Arts 8(1)(b) and 53(1)(a))  (see paragraphs 55, 69, 75, 79, 81, 82, 85, 86) |

| 5. | 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 paragraph 83) |

| 6. | EU trade mark – Appeals procedure – Action before the EU judicature – Power of the General Court to alter the contested decision – Limits  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 72(3))  (see paragraph 90) |

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Annuls the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 24 August 2022 (Case R 1738/2021-2) in so far as it finds that there is a likelihood of confusion regarding ‘Clothing (excluding bathrobes)’ in Class 25 and alters that decision in such a way as to reject the application for a declaration of invalidity of the mark registered under number 9287038 in respect of those goods; |

| 2. | Dismisses the action as to the remainder; |

| 3. | Orders each party to bear its own costs, including those incurred in the proceedings before the Board of Appeal. |

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(
[1](#c-ECR_62022TJ0694_INF_EN_01-E0001)
) [OJ C 7, 9.1.2023](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:C:2023:007:TOC).

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