Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2020:164
Date: 2020-04-29
Language of the case: German
Court formation: Seventh Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded

Judgment of the General Court of 29 April 2020 — Cimpress Schweiz v EUIPO — Impress Media (CIMPRESS) (Case T-37/19) 1 (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU word mark CIMPRESS — Earlier EU figurative mark impress — Earlier national word mark Impress-Media — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) Language of the case: German Parties Applicant: Cimpress Schweiz GmbH (Winterthur, Switzerland) (represented by: C. Eckhartt, P. Böhner and A. von Mühlendahl, lawyers) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: A. Söder, acting as Agent) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Impress Media GmbH (Mönchengladbach, Germany) (represented by: F. Remmertz, lawyer) Re: Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 30 October 2018 (Joined Cases R 1716/2017-2 and R 1786/2017-2) relating to opposition proceedings between Impress Media and Cimpress Schweiz. Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. Authorises Impress GmbH to replace Impress Media GmbH as intervener; 2. Dismisses the action; 3. Orders Cimpress Schweiz GmbH to bear its own costs and pay the costs incurred by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and Impress. ____________ 1 OJ C 82, 4.3.2019.