Source: EURLEX
Language: en
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Judgment of the General Court of 6 November 2024 – W.L. Gore & Associates v EUIPO – Angiokard med. Spritzguß (Cardioflow)

(Case T-1146/23)
 [(1)](#ntr1-C_202500181EN.000101-E0001)

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the EU word mark Cardioflow - Earlier EU word mark CARDIOFORM - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

(C/2025/181)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: W.L. Gore & Associates Inc. (Newark, Delaware, United States) (represented by: C. Tenkhoff and T. Herzog, lawyers)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Angiokard med. Spritzguß GmbH (Friedeburg, Germany)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 27 September 2023 (Case R 739/2023-1).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | Orders each party to bear its own costs. |

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ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/181/oj

ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)

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