Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2017:591
Date: 2017-09-08
Language of the case: German
Court formation: Seventh Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - successful
Origin: Germany

Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 8 September 2017 — Aldi v EUIPO — Rouard (GOURMET) (Case T‑572/15) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU figurative mark GOURMET — Prior EU figurative mark ORIGINE GOURMET — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009 — Suspension of the administrative procedure — Rule 20(7)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 2968/95) 1. EU trade mark — Appeals procedure — Appeal to a Board of Appeal — Stay of proceedings — Conditions (Commission Regulation No 2868/95, Art. 1, Rules 20(7)(c), and 50(1)) (see paras 20-24, 28-30, 37, 39, 41, 43) 2. EU trade mark — Appeals procedure — Action before the EU judicature — Power of the General Court to alter the contested decision — Limits (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 65(2) and (3)) (see para. 36) Re: ACTION brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 24 July 2015 (Case R 1985/2013-4) concerning opposition proceedings between Mr Rouard and Aldi. Operative part The Court: 1. Annuls the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 24 July 2015 (Case R 1985/2013-4); 2. Orders EUIPO to bear its own costs and to pay the costs incurred by Aldi GmbH & Co. KG.