Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2020:544
Date: 2020-11-18
Language of the case: German
Court formation: Third Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Germany

Judgment of the General Court of 18 November 2020 – Topcart v EUIPO – Carl International (TC CARL) (Case T-378/19)1 (EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for EU word mark TC CARL – Earlier national figurative mark CARL TOUCH – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)) Language of the case: German Parties Applicant: Topcart GmbH (Wiesbaden, Germany) (represented by: M. Hoffmann, lawyer) Defendant: European Intellectual Property Office (represented by: D. Walicka, acting as Agent) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Carl International (Limonest, France) (represented by: B. Müller, lawyer) Re: Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 2 April 2019 (Case R 1617/2018-2), relating to opposition proceedings between Carl International and Topcart. Operative part of the judgment The Court: Dismisses the action; Orders Topcart GmbH to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 270, 12.8.2019.