Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2023:166
Date: 2023-03-29
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Third Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded;Action for annulment - successful

Action brought on 23 June 2021 – Plusmusic v EUIPO – Groupe Canal + (+music) (Case T-344/21) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: Plusmusic AG (Dietikon, Suisse) (represented by: M. Maier and A. Spieß, lawyers) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Groupe Canal + (Issy-les-Moulineaux, France) Details of the proceedings before EUIPO Applicant of the trade mark at issue: Applicant before the General Court Trade mark at issue: European Union figurative mark +music – Application for registration No 17 482 571 Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 16 April 2021 in Case R 1236/2020-5 Form of order sought The applicant claims that the Court should: partially annul the contested decision insofar as it confirms the other party’s opposition on the basis of Article 8(1 )(b) EURMR; order EUIPO and the other party to bear their own costs and pay those of the Applicant. Pleas in law Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council by erroneously assessing the visual comparison of the signs; Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council by erroneously assessing the distinctiveness of the earlier cross device marks; Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council by erroneously assessing the likelihood of confusion. ____________