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Judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 17 April 2024 –  
DDP Specialty Electronic Materials US 8 v EUIPO – Taniobis (AMBERTEC)

(Case T‑76/23) (
[1](#t-ECR_62023TJ0076_INF_EN_01-E0001)
)

(EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for EU word mark AMBERTEC – Earlier EU word mark AMPERTEC – Relative ground for refusal – No likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 – Right to be heard – Article 94(1) of Regulation 2017/1001)

| 1. | EU trade mark – Procedural provisions – Decisions of the Office – Observance of the rights of the defence – Scope of the principle  (Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Art. 41(2)(a); European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 94(1), second sentence)  (see paragraphs 27, 31) |

| 2. | EU trade mark – Definition and acquisition of the EU trade mark – Relative grounds for refusal – Opposition by the proprietor of an identical or similar earlier mark registered in respect of identical or similar goods or services – Likelihood of confusion with the earlier mark – Assessment of the likelihood of confusion  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paragraphs 44, 45) |

| 3. | EU trade mark – Definition and acquisition of the EU trade mark – Relative grounds for refusal – Opposition by the proprietor of an identical or similar earlier mark registered in respect of identical or similar goods or services – Likelihood of confusion with the earlier mark – Assessment of the likelihood of confusion – Determination of the relevant public  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paragraph 47) |

| 4. | EU trade mark – Definition and acquisition of the EU trade mark – Relative grounds for refusal – Opposition by the proprietor 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  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paragraph 48) |

| 5. | EU trade mark – Definition and acquisition of the EU trade mark – Relative grounds for refusal – Opposition by the proprietor 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 AMBERTEC and AMPERTEC  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paragraphs 51, 53, 54) |

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Annuls the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 14 November 2022 (Case R 1988/2021-4); |

| 2. | Orders EUIPO to pay the costs, including the costs necessarily incurred by DDP Specialty Electronic Materials US 8 LLC for the purposes of the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO. |

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(
[1](#c-ECR_62023TJ0076_INF_EN_01-E0001)
) [OJ C 121, 3.4.2023](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:C:2023:121:TOC).

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