General Court (Eighth Chamber) 30 September 2026, T-477/25 (T-Head (Shanghai) Semiconductor Co. Ltd v European Union Intellectual Property Office.)

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In an action brought under Article 263 TFEU, the General Court examined whether the Second Board of Appeal of the EUIPO properly found a likelihood of confusion under Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 between the mark applied for, 'T-HEAD', and earlier marks consisting of or containing the word element 'HEAD'. The Court affirmed the Board of Appeal's findings that the word element 'head' was dominant, that the signs were visually and phonetically similar and conceptually identical, and that the contested goods and services shared sufficient similarity under the principle of interdependence to create a likelihood of confusion. Consequently, the General Court dismissed the applicant's pleas alleging an infringement of the obligation to state reasons under Article 94(1) of Regulation 2017/1001 and an infringement of Article 8(1)(b), dismissing the action in its entirety.AI