Judgment;Information — ECLI:EU:T:2019:721
Date: 2019-10-03
Language of the case: English
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Germany

Judgment of the General Court of 3 October 2019 — Puma v EUIPO — Destilerias MG (MG PUMA) (Case T-500/18) 1 (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU word mark MG PUMA — Earlier EU word mark GINMG — Relative ground for refusal — Similarity of the signs — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: Puma SE (Herzogenaurach, Germany) (represented by: P. Trieb and M. Schunke, lawyers) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: K. Zajfert, A. Folliard Monguiral and H. O’Neill, acting as Agents) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Destilerias MG, SL (Vilanova i la Geltru, Spain) (represented by: E. Manresa Medina and J. Manresa Medina, lawyers) Re: Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 6 June 2018 (Case R 2019/2017-2), relating to opposition proceedings between Destilerias MG and Puma. Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders Puma SE to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 373, 15.10.2018.