Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2019:200
Date: 2019-03-28
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Third Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - successful
Origin: Hungary

Judgment of the General Court of 28 March 2019 — Julius-K9 v EUIPO — El Corte Inglés (Case T-276/18) 1 (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU figurative mark K9 UNIT — Earlier EU figurative mark unit — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: Julius-K9 Zrt (Szigetszentmiklós, Hungary) (represented by: G. Jambrik, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: A. Lukošiūtė and by H. O’Neill, acting as Agents) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: El Corte Inglés, SA (Madrid, Spain) (represented by: J.L. Rivas Zurdo, lawyer) Re: Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 22 February 2018 (Case R 1432/2017-2) relating to opposition proceedings between Hipercor, SA and Julius-K9. Operative part of the judgment The Court: Annuls the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 22 February 2018 (Case R 1432/2017-2); Orders EUIPO to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Julius-K9 Zrt; Orders El Corte Inglés, SA to bear its own costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 231, 2.7.2018.