Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2019:747
Date: 2019-10-15
Language of the case: Spanish
Court formation: Single Judge
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Spain

Judgment of the General Court of 15 October 2019 — Boxer Barcelona v EUIPO — X-Technology Swiss (XBOXER BARCELONA) (Case T-582/18) 1 (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU figurative mark XBOXER BARCELONA — Earlier EU figurative mark representing the letter ‘x’ — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Genuine use of the earlier mark — Evidence — Article 18(1)(a) of Regulation 2017/1001 — Article 47(2) of Regulation 2017/1001 — Restriction of the application for registration before the Board of Appeal — Article 49(1) of Regulation 2017/1001) Language of the case: Spanish Parties Applicant: Boxer Barcelona, SL (Barcelona, Spain) (represented by: A. Canela Giménez, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: S. Palmero Cabezas and H. O’Neill, acting as Agents) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: X-Technology Swiss GmbH (Wollerau, Switzerland) (represented by: A. Zafar, lawyer) Re: Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 12 July 2018 (Case R 2186/2017-5), relating to opposition proceedings between X-Technology Swiss and Boxer Barcelona. Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders Boxer Barcelona, SL to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 427, 26.11.2018.