Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2019:783
Date: 2019-11-07
Language of the case: German
Court formation: First Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Germany

Judgment of the General Court of 7 November 2019 — Local-e-motion v EUIPO — Volkswagen (WE) (Case T-568/18) 1 (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU figurative mark WE — Earlier national word mark WE — Relative ground for refusal — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) Language of the case: German Parties Applicant: Local-e-motion GmbH (Dorsten, Germany) (represented by: D. Sprenger, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: W. Schramek, M. Fischer and D. Hanf, acting as Agents) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Volkswagen AG (Wolfsburg, Germany) (represented by: F. Thiering and L. Steidle, lawyers) Re: Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 12 July 2018 (Case R 128/2018-4) relating to opposition proceedings between Volkswagen and Local-e-motion. Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. dismisses the action; 2. orders Local-e-motion to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 427, 26.11.18.