Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2018:835
Date: 2018-11-23
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Second Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - successful
Origin: Cyprus

Judgment of the General Court of 23 November 2018 — Cyprus v EUIPO — Papouis Dairies (Papouis Halloumi) (Case T-703/17) 1 (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU figurative mark Papouis Halloumi — Earlier United Kingdom certification word mark HALLOUMI — Relative ground for refusal — Similarity of the signs — 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: Republic of Cyprus (represented by: S. Malynicz QC and V. Marsland, Solicitor) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: D. Gája and D. Walicka, acting as Agents) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Papouis Dairies Ltd (Nicosia, Cyprus) (represented by: N. Korogiannakis, lawyer) Re: Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 3 August 2017 (Case R 2924/2014-4) concerning opposition proceedings between the Foundation for the Protection of the Traditional Cheese of Cyprus named Halloumi and Papouis Dairies. 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 3 August 2017 (Case R 2924/2014-4) concerning opposition proceedings between the Republic of Cyprus and Papouis Dairies Ltd; Orders EUIPO to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the Republic of Cyprus; Orders Papouis Dairies to bear its own costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 437, 18.12.2017.