Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| European flag | Official Journal  of the European Union | EN  Series C |

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|  | C/2023/535 | 6.11.2023 |

Judgment of the General Court of 13 September 2023 — Prolactal v EUIPO — Prolàctea (PROLACTAL)

(Case T-549/22) [(1)](#ntr1-C_202300535EN.000101-E0001)

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - International registration designating the European Union - Word mark PROLACTAL - Earlier national figurative mark Prolàctea - Relative ground for refusal - Similarity of the signs - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Evidence submitted for the first time before the Board of Appeal - Article 27(4) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/625 - Obligation to state reasons - Article 94 of Regulation 2017/1001 and Article 41(2) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights)

(C/2023/535)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Prolactal GmbH (Hartberg, Austria) (represented by: H. Roerdink and S. Janssen, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: E. Markakis, acting as Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Prolàctea, SA (Castrogonzalo, Spain) (represented by: J. Vicente Martínez, lawyer)

Re:

By its action based on Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks annulment of the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 10 June 2022 (Case R 752/2021-5).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | Orders Prolactal GmbH to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Prolàctea, SA; |

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

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ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/535/oj

ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)

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