Judgment of the General Court of 12 December 2018 — Vitromed v EUIPO — Vitromed Healthcare (VITROMED Germany)
(Case T-821/17) 1
(EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU figurative mark VITROMED Germany — Earlier EU word mark Vitromed — 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))
Language of the case: German
Parties
Applicant: Vitromed GmbH (Jena, Germany) (represented by: M. Linß, lawyer)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: A. Graul, D. Walicka and M. Fischer, acting as Agents)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Vitromed Healthcare (Jaipur, India) (represented by: J. Schmidt, lawyer)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 26 September 2017 (Case R 2402/2016-2) relating to opposition proceedings between Vitromed Healthcare and Vitromed.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1.    Dismisses the action;
2.    Orders Vitromed GmbH to pay the costs.
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1     OJ C 52, 12.2.2018.