Judgment of the General Court of 17 January 2024 – Ona Investigación v EUIPO – Formdiet (BIOPÔLE)

(Case T-61/23) ¹

(EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for the EU word mark BIOPÔLE – Earlier national word mark AGUA BIOPOLAR – Relative ground for refusal – No likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

Language of the case: Spanish

Parties

Applicant: Ona Investigación, SL (Madrid, Spain) (represented by: T. Villate Consonni, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: A. Crawcour Hage and J. Ivanauskas, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Formdiet, SA (Alcarras, Spain)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks, in essence, the annulment of the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 15 November 2022 (Case R 1097-2022-5).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.    Dismisses the action;

2.    Orders Ona Investigación, SL and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) to each bear their own costs.

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¹     OJ C 112, 27.3.2023.