Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2019:825
Date: 2019-11-28
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Eighth Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded

Judgment of the General Court of 28 November 2019 — Soundio v EUIPO — Telefónica Germany (Vibble) (Case T-665/18) 1 (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — International registration designating the European Union — Word mark Vibble — Earlier German word mark vybe — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: Soundio A/S (Drammen, Norway) (represented by: N. Köster and J. Albers, lawyers) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: D. Gája and H. O’Neill, acting as Agents) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Telefónica Germany GmbH & Co. OHG (Düsseldorf, Germany) (represented by: P. Neuwald, lawyer) Re: Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 4 September 2018 (Case R 721/2018-5), relating to opposition proceedings between E-Plus Mobilfunk GmbH and Soundio. Operative part of the judgment The Court: Dismisses the action. Orders Soundio A/S to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 16, 14.1.2019.