Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2021:655
Date: 2021-10-06
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Third Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded

Judgment of the General Court of 6 October 2021 – Guo v EUIPO – Sand Cph (sandriver) (Case T-505/20) 1 (EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU figurative mark sandriver – Earlier EU word mark SAND – 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: English Parties Applicant: Xiuling Guo (Shanghai, China) (represented by: L. Le Stanc, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: J. Mrozowski, A. Folliard-Monguiral and V. Ruzek, acting as Agents) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Sand Cph A/S (Copenhagen, Denmark) Re: Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 2 June 2020 (Case R 2019/2019-2) relating to invalidity proceedings between Sand Cph and Ms Guo. Operative part of the judgment The Court: Dismisses the action; Orders Ms Xiuling Guo to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 320, 28.9.2020.