Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

Judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 21 December 2022 –  
Pharmadom v EUIPO – Wellbe Pharmaceuticals (WellBe PHARMACEUTICALS)

(Case T‑644/21) (
[1](#t-ECR_62021TJ0644_INF_EN_01-E0001)
)

(EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for the EU figurative mark WellBe PHARMACEUTICALS – Earlier national word mark WELL AND WELL – Relative ground for refusal – No likelihood of confusion – No similarity between the signs – 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 earlier identical or similar mark registered for 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 18, 19, 50) |

| 2. | EU trade mark – Definition and acquisition of the EU trade mark – Relative grounds for refusal – Opposition by the proprietor of an earlier identical or similar mark registered for identical or similar goods or services – Similarity of the marks concerned – 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 27-29) |

| 3. | EU trade mark – Definition and acquisition of the EU trade mark – Relative grounds for refusal – Opposition by the proprietor of an earlier identical or similar mark registered for identical or similar goods or services – Likelihood of confusion with the earlier mark – Figurative mark WellBe PHARMACEUTICALS and word mark WELL AND WELL  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paragraphs 31-36, 41, 43, 46, 49, 55-59) |

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

| 2. | Orders Pharmadom to pay the costs. |

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(
[1](#c-ECR_62021TJ0644_INF_EN_01-E0001)
) [OJ C 37, 24.1.2022](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:C:2022:037:TOC).

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