Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2020:312
Date: 2020-07-08
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Second Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded

Judgment of the General Court of 8 July 2020 – Essential Export v EUIPO – Shenzhen Liouyi International Trading (TOTU) (Case T-633/19) 1 (EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for a figurative EU trade mark allegedly containing the word element ‘TOTU’ and coloured red and black – Earlier EU trade marks TOTTO – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: Essential Export SA (San José, Costa Rica) (represented by: A.B. Padial Martínez, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: S. Hanne, acting as Agent) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Shenzhen Liouyi International Trading Co. Ltd (Shenzhen, China) Re: Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 22 July 2019 (Case R 362/2019-2), relating to opposition proceedings between Essential Export and Shenzhen Liouyi International Trading. Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders Essential Export SA to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 383, 11.11.2019.