Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

Order of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 4 November 2024 –  
Finastra International v EUIPO – Fenestrae (FINASTRA)

(Case T-346/23) (
[1](#t-ECR_62023TO0346_INF_EN_01-E0001)
)

(EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – International registration designating the European Union – Word mark FINASTRA – Earlier Benelux word mark FENESTRAE – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 – Action manifestly lacking any foundation in law)

| 1. | EU trade mark – Definition and acquisition of the EU trade mark – Relative grounds for refusal – Opposition by the proprietor of an identical or similar earlier mark registered in respect of 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 paragraph 18) |

| 2. | EU trade mark – Definition and acquisition of the EU trade mark – Relative grounds for refusal – Opposition by the proprietor of an identical or similar earlier mark registered in respect of identical or similar goods or services – Similarity between the goods or services in question – Criteria for assessment – Computer software or programs  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paragraphs 31-33, 61) |

| 3. | EU trade mark – Definition and acquisition of the EU trade mark – Relative grounds for refusal – Opposition by the proprietor of an identical or similar earlier mark registered in respect of identical or similar goods or services – Likelihood of confusion with the earlier mark – Word marks FINASTRA and FENESTRAE  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paragraphs 36, 37, 45, 46, 56, 60, 68, 71, 73-75, 77, 85, 88, 89) |

| 4. | EU trade mark – Definition and acquisition of the EU trade mark – Relative grounds for refusal – Opposition by the proprietor of an identical or similar earlier mark registered in respect of identical or similar goods or services – Likelihood of confusion with the earlier mark – Similarity between the marks concerned – Whether conceptual differences may neutralise visual or phonetic similarities – Conditions  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paragraph 83) |

Operative part

| 1. | The action is dismissed. |

| 2. | Finastra International Ltd, in addition to bearing its own costs, shall pay those incurred by Fenestrae BV. |

| 3. | The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) shall bear its own costs. |

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(
[1](#c-ECR_62023TO0346_INF_EN_01-E0001)
) [OJ C 278, 7.8.2023](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:C:2023:278:TOC).

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