Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2020:100
Date: 2020-03-12
Language of the case: German
Court formation: Seventh Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded

Judgment of the General Court of 12 March 2020 — Gwo Chyang Biotech v EUIPO — Norma (KinGirls) (Case T-85/19) 1 (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU figurative mark KinGirls — Earlier German word mark King — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) Language of the case: German Parties Applicant: Gwo Chyang Biotech Co. Ltd (Tainan City, Taiwan) (represented by: J. Kakoures, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: W. Schramek, A. Söder and D. Hanf, acting as Agents) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Norma Lebensmittelfilialbetrieb Stiftung & Co. KG (Nuremberg, Germany) Re: Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 12 December 2018 (Case R 718/2018-4), relating to opposition proceedings between Norma Lebensmittelfilialbetrieb Stiftung & Co. and Gwo Chyang Biotech. Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders Gwo Chyang Biotech Co. Ltd to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 122, 1.4.2019.