Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2021:771
Date: 2021-11-10
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Sixth Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Germany

Judgment of the General Court of 10 November 2021 – Stada Arzneimittel v EUIPO – Pfizer (RUXXIMLA) (Case T-239/20) 1 (EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for the EU word mark RUXXIMLA – Earlier EU word mark RUXIMERA – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Similarity of the signs – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: Stada Arzneimittel AG (Bad Vilbel, Germany) (represented by: J.-C. Plate and R. Kaase, lawyers) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: D. Gája, acting as Agent) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Pfizer Inc. (New York, New York, United States) (represented by: V. von Bomhard and J. Fuhrmann, lawyers) Re: Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 13 February 2020 (Case R 1879/2019-4), relating to opposition proceedings between Pfizer and Stada Arzneimittel. Operative part of the judgment The Court: Dismisses the action; Orders Stada Arzneimittel AG to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 209, 20.6.2020.