62019TO0558_INF
Order of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 16 June 2020 –Luz Saúde v EUIPO – Clínica La Luz (HOSPITAL DA LUZ LEARNING HEALTH)
(Case T‑558/19)
(EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for registration of the EU figurative mark HOSPITAL DA LUZ LEARNING HEALTH – Earlier national figurative mark clínica LALUZ – Relative ground for refusal – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 – Action manifestly lacking any foundation in law)
1.
Judicial proceedings – Decision taken by way of reasoned order – Conditions – Appeal manifestly inadmissible or manifestly lacking any foundation in law
(Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 126)
(see paras 18, 19)
2.
EU trade mark – Definition and acquisition of the EU trade mark – Relative grounds for refusal – Opposition by the proprietor of an earlier identical or similar mark registered for identical or similar goods or services – Likelihood of confusion with the earlier mark – Figurative marks HOSPITAL DA LUZ LEARNING HEALTH and clínica LALUZ
(Regulation 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Art. 8(1)(b))
(see paras 23, 24, 26, 28)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 1 July 2019 (Case R 2239/2018-4), relating to opposition proceedings between Clínica La Luz and Luz Saúde.
Operative part
1.
The action is dismissed.
2.
Luz Saúde, SA is ordered to pay the costs.