Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2018:283
Date: 2018-05-18
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Fifth Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Italy

Judgment of the General Court of 18 May 2018 — Italytrade v EUIPO — Tpresso (teaespresso) (Case T-68/17) 1 (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU word mark teaespresso — Earlier international figurative mark TPresso and earlier international word mark TPRESSO — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: Italytrade Srl (Bari, Italy) (represented by: N. Clemente, lawyer) 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 Court: Tpresso SA (Zürich, Switzerland) (represented by L. Biglia and R. Spagnolli, lawyers) Re: Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 29 November 2016 (Case R 1099/2016-4), relating to opposition proceedings between Tpresso and Italytrade. Operative part of the judgment The Court: Dismisses the action; Orders Italytrade Srl to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 104, 3.4.2017.