Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 31.7.2023 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 271/29 |

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Judgment of the General Court of 21 June 2023 — Vitromed v EUIPO — Vitromed Healthcare (VITROMED Germany)

(Case T-514/22) [(1)](#ntr1-C_2023271EN.01002901-E0001)

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the EU figurative mark VITROMED Germany - International registration of the earlier figurative mark VITROMED - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

(2023/C 271/42)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: Vitromed GmbH (Jena, Germany) (represented by: M. Linß, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: D. Walicka and E. Nicolás Gómez, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Vitromed Healthcare (Jaipur, India) (represented by: S. Eble, lawyer)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment and alteration of the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 2 June 2022 (Case R 1670/2021-2).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | Orders Vitromed GmbH to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Vitromed Healthcare; |

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

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