Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2021:571
Date: 2021-09-15
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Third Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Spain

Judgment of the General Court of 15 September 2021 – Laboratorios Ern v EUIPO – Le-Vel Brands (Le-Vel) (Case T-331/20) 1 (EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for the EU word mark Le-Vel – Earlier national word mark LEVEL – Relative ground for refusal – No likelihood of confusion – No similarity of the goods and services – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: Laboratorios Ern, SA (Barcelona, Spain) (represented by: S. Correa Rodríguez, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: M. Vuijst and D. Gája, acting as Agents) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Le-Vel Brands, LLC (Frisco, Texas, United States) Re: Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 20 March 2020 (Case R 2113/2019-4), relating to opposition proceedings between Laboratorios Ern and Le-Vel Brands. Operative part of the judgment The Court: Dismisses the action; Orders Laboratorios Ern, SA, to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 247, 27.7.2020.