Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2020:220
Date: 2020-05-28
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Second Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: United Kingdom

Judgment of the General Court of 28 May 2020 — Workplace Group v EUIPO — Technopolis Holding (UMA WORKSPACE) (Case T-506/19) 1 (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU word mark UMA WORKSPACE — Earlier EU figurative mark and earlier UK figurative and word marks WORKSPACE — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: Workplace Group plc (London, United Kingdom) (represented by: N. Hine, Solicitor) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: L. Rampini, acting as Agent) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Technopolis Holding Oyj (Oulu, Finland) (represented by: E. Skrzydło-Tefelska and K. Gajek, lawyers) Re: Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 13 May 2019 (Case R 1910/2018-4) relating to opposition proceedings between Workspace Group and Technopolis Holding. Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders Workspace Group plc to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 288, 26.8.2019.