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Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 7 February 2024 –  
Oriflame Cosmetics v EUIPO – Caramé (O)

(Case T‑74/23) (
[1](#t-ECR_62023TJ0074_INF_EN_01-E0001)
)

(EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – International registration designating the European Union – Figurative mark O – Earlier international registration in respect of the figurative mark O – Relative grounds for refusal – No genuine use of the earlier mark – Article 42(2) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 47(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))

| 1. | Acts of the institutions – Temporal application – Procedural rules – Application to proceedings pending at the time when such rules enter into force  (see paragraph 21) |

| 2. | EU trade mark – Observations of third parties and opposition – Examination of the opposition – Proof of use of the earlier mark – Genuine use – Concept – Criteria for assessment – Requirement of solid and objective evidence  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 42(2))  (see paragraphs 26-29) |

| 3. | EU trade mark – Observations of third parties and opposition – Examination of the opposition – Proof of use of the earlier mark – Use of the mark in a form differing in elements which do not alter the distinctive character of the mark  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Arts 15(1), second subpara., (a) and 42(2) and (3))  (see paragraph 30) |

| 4. | EU trade mark – Observations of third parties and opposition – Examination of the opposition – Proof of use of the earlier mark – Use of the mark in a form differing in elements which do not alter the distinctive character of the mark – Marque figurative O  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Arts 15(1), second subpara., (a) and 42(2) and (3))  (see paragraphs 41-43, 46, 47, 49) |

| 5. | 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, Arts 71(1) and 72(3))  (see paragraphs 52, 53) |

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Annuls the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 7 December 2022 (R 938/2022-2); |

| 2. | Dismisses the action as to the remainder; |

| 3. | Orders EUIPO to bear its own costs and to pay half of those incurred by Oriflame Cosmetics AG; |

| 4. | Orders Caramé Holding AG to bear its own costs and to pay half of those incurred by Oriflame Cosmetics. |

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(
[1](#c-ECR_62023TJ0074_INF_EN_01-E0001)
) [OJ C 121, 3.4.2023](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:C:2023:121:TOC).

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