Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2022:219
Date: 2022-04-06
Language of the case: Spanish
Court formation: Fifth Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Spain

Judgment of the General Court of 6 April 2022 – Agora Invest v EUIPO – Transportes Maquinaria y Obras (TRAMOSA) (Case T-219/21) 1 (EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for EU figurative mark TRAMOSA – Earlier EU figurative mark TRAMO,SA TRANSPORTE MAQUINARIA Y OBRAS,S.A. – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) – Genuine use of the earlier mark – Article 15(1)(a) and Article 42(2) and (3) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 18(1)(a) and Article 47(2) and (3) of Regulation 2017/1001) – Form differing in elements which do not alter the distinctive character) Language of the case: Spanish Parties Applicant: Agora Invest, SA (Barcelona, Spain) (represented by: A. Alejos Cutuli, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: J. Crespo Carrillo, acting as Agent) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Transportes Maquinaria y Obras, SA (Madrid, Spain) (represented by: N. Fernández Fernández-Pacheco, lawyer) Re: Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 16 February 2021 (Case R 566/2020-5), relating to opposition proceedings between Transportes Maquinaria y Obras and Agora Invest. Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders Agora Invest, SA to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 228, 14.6.2021.