Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 19 June 2024 –  
Naturgy Energy Group v EUIPO – Global Power Service (gps global power service)

(Case T‑312/23) (
[1](#t-ECR_62023TJ0312_INF_EN_01-E0001)
)

(EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for the EU figurative mark GPS GLOBAL POWER SERVICE – Earlier national figurative marks GPG GLOBAL POWER GENERATION – Relative ground for refusal – No likelihood of confusion – 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 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 paragraphs 20, 21, 68) |

| 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 marks concerned – Criteria for assessment – Composite mark – Assessment of the distinctive character of an element of a trade mark  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paragraphs 25, 26, 28, 29) |

| 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 – Figurative mark GPS GLOBAL POWER SERVICE – Figurative marks GPG GLOBAL POWER GENERATION  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paragraphs 42, 43, 52, 61, 69, 70) |

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

| 2. | Orders Naturgy Energy Group, SA and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) to bear their own costs. |

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(
[1](#c-ECR_62023TJ0312_INF_EN_01-E0001)
) [OJ C 261, 24.7.2023](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:C:2023:261:TOC).

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