Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2017:67
Date: 2017-02-09
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Third Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - successful
Origin: Germany

Judgment of the General Court of 9 February 2017 — zero v EUIPO — Hemming (ZIRO) (Case T-106/16) 1 (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU figurative trade mark ZIRO — Earlier EU figurative mark zero — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: zero Holding GmbH & Co. KG (Bremen, Germany) (represented by: M. Nentwig, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: M. Vuijst and H. O’Neill, acting as Agents) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Oliver Hemming (Cadbury, United Kingdom) Re: Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 12 January 2016 (Case R 71/2015-5), relating to opposition proceedings between zero Holding and Mr Hemming. Operative part of the judgment The Court: Annuls the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 12 January 2016 (Case R 71/2015-5); Orders EUIPO to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 175, 17.5.2016.