Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2022:4
Date: 2022-01-12
Language of the case: Spanish
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded

Judgment of the General Court of 12 January 2022 – 1031023 B.C. v EUIPO – Bodegas San Valero (Representation of a circle drawn by a brush) (Case T-366/20) 1 (EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for an EU figurative mark representing a circle drawn by a brush – Earlier national figurative mark ORIGIUM 1944 – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) Language of the case: Spanish Parties Applicant: 1031023 B.C. Ltd (Richmond, British Columbia, Canada) (represented by: M. González Gordon, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: J. Ivanauskas and V. Ruzek, acting as Agents) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Bodegas San Valero, S. Coop. (Cariñena, Spain) (represented by: J. García Domínguez, lawyer) Re: Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 9 March 2020 (Case R 2142/2019-1) relating to opposition proceedings between Bodegas San Valero and 1031023 B.C. Operative part of the judgment The Court: Dismisses the action; Orders 1031023 B.C. Ltd to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and by Bodegas San Valero, S. Coop. ____________ 1 OJ C 255, 3.8.2020.