Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

Judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 23 March 2022 –  
Ionfarma v EUIPO – LG Electronics (AION)

(Case T‑465/21) (
[1](#t-ECR_62021TJ0465_INF_EN_01-E0001)
)

(EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for the EU word mark AION – Earlier national figurative mark ION and earlier word mark IONFARMA – Relative ground for refusal – No similarity of the goods – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

| 1. | EU trade mark – Appeals procedure – Action before the EU judicature – Jurisdiction of the General Court – Direction issued to the Office – Precluded  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 72(6))  (see para. 19) |

| 2. | EU trade mark – Appeals procedure – Action before the EU judicature – Power of the General Court to alter the contested decision – Limits  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 72(3))  (see para. 20) |

| 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 – Criteria for assessment  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paras 24-26) |

| 4. | 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 between the goods or services in question – Criteria for assessment – Complementary nature of the goods or services  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paras 32, 35, 37, 41) |

| 5. | 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 – Word mark AION – Figurative mark ION and word mark IONFARMA  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paras 34, 38, 39, 44) |

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

| 2. | Orders Ionfarma, SL to pay the costs. |

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(
[1](#c-ECR_62021TJ0465_INF_EN_01-E0001)
) [OJ C 382, 20.9.2021.](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:C:2021:382:TOC)

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