Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2016:680
Date: 2016-11-29
Language of the case: German
Court formation: Third Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded

Judgment of the General Court of 29 November 2016 — Pi-Design v EUIPO — Société des produits Nestlé (PRESSO) (Case T-545/15) 1 (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — International registration — Application for territorial extension of the protection — Word mark PRESSO — Earlier national word mark PRESSO — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) Language of the case: German Parties Applicant: Pi-Design AG (Triengen, Switzerland) (represented by: M. Apelt, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: M. Fischer, acting as Agent) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Société des produits Nestlé SA (Vevey, Switzerland) Re: Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 2 July 2015 (Case R 428/2014-1), relating to opposition proceedings between the Société des produits Nestlé and Pi-Design. Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders Pi-Design AG to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 371, 9.11.2015.