Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 29 November 2023 –  
Beauty Boutique v EUIPO – Lightningbolt Europe (Representation of a lightning bolt)

(Case T‑12/23) (
[1](#t-ECR_62023TJ0012_INF_EN_01-E0001)
)

(EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for an EU figurative mark representing a lightning bolt – Earlier EU figurative mark representing a lightning bolt – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

| 1. | 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 – Criteria for assessment  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paragraphs 17, 18, 24, 47, 48) |

| 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 – Determination of the relevant public – Level of attention of the public  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paragraph 19) |

| 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 – Figurative marks representing a lightning bolt  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paragraphs 26, 27, 46, 55) |

| 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 marks concerned – Criteria for assessment  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paragraphs 28, 29, 37, 42, 43) |

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

| 2. | Orders Beauty Boutique sp. z o.o. to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Lightningbolt Europe SA for the purposes of the proceedings before the General Court; |

| 3. | Orders the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) to bear its own costs. |

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(
[1](#c-ECR_62023TJ0012_INF_EN_01-E0001)
) [OJ C 94, 13.3.2023](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:C:2023:094:TOC).

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