Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2019:169
Date: 2019-03-19
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Single Judge
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - successful;Action for annulment - inadmissible
Origin: United Kingdom

Judgment of the General Court of 19 March 2019 — IQ Group Holdings Bhd v EUIPO — Krinner Innovation (Lumiqs) (Case T-133/18) 1 (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — International registration designating the European Union — Figurative mark Lumiqs — Earlier EU word and figurative marks Lumix — Relative ground for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: IQ Group Holdings Bhd (Heckmondwike, United Kingdom) (represented by: S. Carter, Barrister) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: J. Ivanauskas and H. O’Neill, acting as Agents) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Krinner Innovation GmbH (Straßkirchen, Germany) (represented by: T. Schmidpeter, lawyer) Re: Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 12 December 2017 (Case R 983/2017-1), relating to opposition proceedings between Krinner Innovation and IQ Group Holdings Bhd. Operative part of the judgment The Court: Annuls the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 12 December 2017 (Case R 983/2017-1); Orders EUIPO to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by IQ Group Holdings Bhd; Orders Krinner Innovation GmbH to bear its own costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 142, 23.4.2018.