Camilla and Marc Operations v EUIPO - C&A (C&M)

JUDGMENT OF THE GENERAL COURT (Third Chamber)2 July 2025 (*)( EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – International registration designating the European Union – Figurative mark C&M – Earlier EU word mark C&A – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Visual and phonetic similarity – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 )In Case T‑380/24,Camilla and Marc Operations Pty Ltd, established in Waterloo (Australia), represented by J. van Manen and A. Heemskerk, lawyers,applicant,v European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), represented by M. Eberl, acting as Agent,defendant,the other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court, being C&A AG, established in Baar (Switzerland), represented by K. Guridi Sedlak, lawyer,THE GENERAL COURT (Third Chamber),composed of P. Škvařilová‑Pelzl, President, I. Nõmm and R. Meyer (Rapporteur), Judges,Registrar: V. Di Bucci,having regard to the written part of the procedure,having regard to the fact that no request for a hearing was submitted by the parties within three weeks after service of notification of the close of the written part of the procedure, and having decided to rule on the action without an oral part of the procedure, pursuant to Article 106(3) of the Rules of Procedure of the General Court,gives the following Judgment 1        By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant, Camilla and Marc Operations Pty Ltd, seeks the annulment of the...