Judgment of the General Court (Ninth Chamber) of 30 November 2022.#Mendes SA v European Union Intellectual Property Office.#EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU word mark VSL3TOTAL – Earlier EU word mark VSL#3 – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Similarity of the signs – Similarity of the goods – Article 8(1)(b) and Article 53(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) and Article 60(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001).#Case T-678/21.