Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2017:500
Date: 2017-07-14
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Second Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Spain

Judgment of the General Court of 14 July 2017 — Massive Bionics v EUIPO — Apple (DriCloud) (Case T-223/16) 1 (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU figurative mark DriCloud — Earlier international word marks ICLOUD — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Submission of evidence out of time — Article 76(2) of Regulation No 207/2009) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: Massive Bionics, SL (Madrid, Spain) (represented by: M. Galindo Martens, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: S. Palmero Cabezas, acting as Agent) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Apple Inc. (Cupertino, California, United States) (represented by: J. Olsen and P. Andreottola, Solicitors, and G. Tritton, Barrister) Re: Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 3 March 2016 (Case R 339/2015-5), relating to opposition proceedings between Apple and Massive Bionics. Operative part of the judgment The Court: Dismisses the action; Orders Massive Bionics, SL to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 251, 11.7.2016.