Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2021:720
Date: 2021-10-20
Language of the case: English
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Germany

Judgment of the General Court of 20 October 2021 – St. Hippolyt v EUIPO – Elephant (Strong like nature) (Case T-352/20) 1 (EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for the EU figurative mark Strong like nature – Earlier EU figurative mark STRONG NATURE – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: St. Hippolyt Holding GmbH (Dielheim, Germany) (represented by: M. Gail, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: L. Lapinskaite and V. Ruzek, acting as Agents) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Preduzeće za proizvodnju, unutrašnju i spoljnu trgovinu Elephant Co. d.o.o. (Belgrade, Serbia) (represented by: D. Cañadas Arcas, lawyer) Re: Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 27 March 2020 (Case R 1909/2019-1) relating to opposition proceedings between Preduzeće za proizvodnju, unutrašnju i spoljnu trgovinu Elephant and St. Hippolyt Holding. Operative part of the judgment The Court: Dismisses the action; Orders St. Hippolyt Holding GmbH to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 247, 27.7.2020.