Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 26 July 2023 –  
Mood Media Netherlands v EUIPO – Tailoradio (VIDEO MOOD Digital Signage, made easy)

(Case T‑664/22) (
[1](#t-ECR_62022TJ0664_INF_EN_01-E0001)
)

(EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for the EU figurative mark VIDEO MOOD Digital Signage, made easy – Earlier EU figurative mark MOOD:MIX – Relative ground for refusal – No likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now 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  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paragraphs 19, 20, 68) |

| 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 – Similarity of the marks concerned – Criteria for assessment – Composite mark – Assessment of the distinctive character of an element of which a trade mark is composed  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paragraphs 28, 29, 33, 34) |

| 3. | EU trade mark – Decisions of EUIPO – Principle of equal treatment –Principle of sound administration – EUIPO’s previous decision-making practice – Principle of legality – Need for a stringent and full examination in each individual case  (Council Regulation No 207/2009)  (see paragraph 51) |

| 4. | EU trade mark – Decisions of EUIPO – Legality – Examination by the EU judicature – Criteria  (Council Regulation No 207/2009)  (see paragraph 56) |

| 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 – Figurative marks VIDEO MOOD Digital Signage, made easy and MOOD:MIX  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paragraphs 57, 60, 71-75) |

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

| 2. | Orders Mood Media Netherlands BV to bear its own costs and to pay the costs incurred by Tailoradio Srl in 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_62022TJ0664_INF_EN_01-E0001)
) [OJ C 7, 9.1.2023](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:C:2023:007:TOC).

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