Judgment;Information — ECLI:EU:T:2020:229
Date: 2020-05-28
Language of the case: Spanish
Court formation: Seventh Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Spain

Judgment of the General Court of 28 May 2020 — Galletas Gullón v EUIPO — Intercontinental Great Brands (gullón TWINS COOKIE SANDWICH) (Case T-677/18) 1 (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU figurative mark gullón TWINS COOKIE SANDWICH — Earlier EU figurative mark OREO — Relative ground for refusal — Damage to reputation — Article 8(5) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) Language of the case: Spanish Parties Applicant: Galletas Gullón, SA (Aguilar de Campoo, Spain) (represented by: S. Martínez-Almeida y Alejos-Pita and M. Corbal San Adrián, lawyers) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: J. Crespo Carrillo and H. O’Neill, acting as agents) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Intercontinental Great Brands LLC (East Hanover, New Jersey, United States) (represented by: C. Duch Fonoll, lawyer) Re: Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 5 September 2018 (Case R 2378/2017-2) relating to opposition proceedings between Intercontinental Great Brands and Galletas Gullón. Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders Galletas Gullón, SA, to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred in the present proceedings by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and by Intercontinental Great Brands LLC. ____________ 1 OJ C 35, 28.1.2019.