Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 16 March 2022

Laboratorios Ern, SA v European Union Intellectual Property Office

EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for EU word mark APIAL – Earlier EU word mark APIRETAL – Relative ground for refusal – No likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 – No damage to reputation – Article 8(5) of Regulation 2017/1001 – Evidence submitted for the first time before the General Court

Case T-315/21



Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Link
Application (OJ)
02/07/2021 Laboratorios Ern v EUIPO - Nordesta (APIAL)
Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
- Trade marks
  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  • - Trade marks
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Judgment (Information)
ECLI:EU:T:2022:141		 16/03/2022 Laboratorios Ern v EUIPO - Nordesta (APIAL)
Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
- Trade marks
  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  • - Trade marks
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Judgment
ECLI:EU:T:2022:141		 16/03/2022 Laboratorios Ern v EUIPO - Nordesta (APIAL)
Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
- Trade marks
  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  • - Trade marks
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Judgment (OJ)
29/04/2022 Laboratorios Ern v EUIPO - Nordesta (APIAL)
Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
- Trade marks
  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  • - Trade marks
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Top of the page Legal analysis of the decision or of the case

Reports of Cases

Not yet published (General Report - Section 'Information on unpublished decisions')

Subject-matter

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Systematic classification scheme

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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.03 European Union trade mark
      4.11.03.04 Procedure and legal proceedings
        4.11.03.04.03 Appeals
          4.11.03.04.03.02 Actions before the Courts of the European Union
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.03 European Union trade mark
      4.11.03.04 Procedure and legal proceedings
        4.11.03.04.03 Appeals
          4.11.03.04.03.02 Actions before the Courts of the European Union
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.03 European Union trade mark
      4.11.03.02 Relative grounds for refusal
        4.11.03.02.02 Likelihood of confusion with an earlier mark
          4.11.03.02.02.00 General
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.03 European Union trade mark
      4.11.03.02 Relative grounds for refusal
        4.11.03.02.02 Likelihood of confusion with an earlier mark
          4.11.03.02.02.02 Similarity between goods or services
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.03 European Union trade mark
      4.11.03.02 Relative grounds for refusal
        4.11.03.02.07 Signs examined
          4.11.03.02.07.02 Likelihood of confusion with an earlier mark
            4.11.03.02.07.02.01 Word marks applied for
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.03 European Union trade mark
      4.11.03.02 Relative grounds for refusal
        4.11.03.02.02 Likelihood of confusion with an earlier mark
          4.11.03.02.02.03 Similarity between marks
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.03 European Union trade mark
      4.11.03.00 General
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.03 European Union trade mark
      4.11.03.02 Relative grounds for refusal
        4.11.03.02.05 Earlier trade mark which has a reputation


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Operative part

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Opinion

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Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 04/06/2021

Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

16/03/2022


References

Publication in the Official Journal

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Name of the parties

Laboratorios Ern v EUIPO - Nordesta (APIAL)

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Martin, Stefan: Validité de la marque - Motifs relatifs - Procédure d’opposition – Procédure d’opposition – Article 8, §5 du RMUE – Marque de renommée – Preuve de la renommée – Recevabilité d’éléments de preuve antérieurs à la date de dépôt de la demande de marque contestée (oui) – Prise en compte d’éléments de preuve précédant de huit années la date de dépôt de la marque contestée (non), Propriétés intellectuelles 2022, n° 83, p. 56-57 (FR)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

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Subject-matter

  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  • - Trade marks

Provisions of national law referred to

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Provisions of international law referred to

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Procedure and result

  • Actions for annulment : dismissal on substantive grounds

Formation of the Court

sixième chambre (Tribunal)

Judge-Rapporteur

Marcoulli

Advocate General

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Language(s) of the Case

  • English

Language(s) of the Opinion

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