Joined Cases C-155/18 P to C-158/18 P: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 4 March 2020 — Tulliallan Burlington Ltd v European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), Burlington Fashion GmbH (Appeal — EU trade mark — Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Word and figurative marks ‘BURLINGTON’ — Opposition of the proprietor of the earlier word and figurative marks ‘BURLINGTON’ and ‘BURLINGTON ARCADE’ — Article 8(1)(b) — Likelihood of confusion — Nice Agreement — Class 35 — Concept of ‘retail services’ — Article 8(4) — Passing-off — Article 8(5) — Reputation — Criteria for assessment — Similarity between the goods and services — Opposition rejected)
Date: 2020-03-04
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU trade mark, clothing, cosmetic product, footwear industry, jewellery and goldsmith's articles, leather, registered trade mark, retail selling, trade-mark law








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11.5.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 161/3






Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 4 March 2020 — Tulliallan Burlington Ltd v European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), Burlington Fashion GmbH
(Joined Cases C-155/18 P to C-158/18 P) (1)

(Appeal - EU trade mark - Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Word and figurative marks ‘BURLINGTON’ - Opposition of the proprietor of the earlier word and figurative marks ‘BURLINGTON’ and ‘BURLINGTON ARCADE’ - Article 8(1)(b) - Likelihood of confusion - Nice Agreement - Class 35 - Concept of ‘retail services’ - Article 8(4) - Passing-off - Article 8(5) - Reputation - Criteria for assessment - Similarity between the goods and services - Opposition rejected)
(2020/C 161/04)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Appellant: Tulliallan Burlington Ltd (represented by: A. Norris, Barrister)

Other parties to the proceedings: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) (represented by: M. Fischer and D. Botis, acting as Agents), Burlington Fashion GmbH (represented by: A. Parr, Rechtsanwältin)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Sets aside the judgments of the General Court of the European Union of 6 December 2017, Tulliallan Burlington v EUIPO — Burlington Fashion (Burlington) (T-120/16, EU:T:2017:873), of 6 December 2017, Tulliallan Burlington v EUIPO — Burlington Fashion (BURLINGTON THE ORIGINAL) (T-121/16, not published, EU:T:2017:872), of 6 December 2017, Tulliallan Burlington v EUIPO — Burlington Fashion (Burlington) (T-122/16, not published, EU:T:2017:871), and of 6 December 2017, Tulliallan Burlington v EUIPO — Burlington Fashion (BURLINGTON) (T-123/16, not published, EU:T:2017:870);










2.


Annuls the decisions of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 11 January 2016 (Cases R 94/2014-4, R 2501/2013-4, R 2409/2013-4 and R 1635/2013-4) relating to four sets of opposition proceedings between Tulliallan Burlington Ltd and Burlington Fashion GmbH;










3.


Orders Burlington Fashion GmbH and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) to bear their own costs and to pay those incurred by Tulliallan Burlington Ltd in relation both to the first-instance proceedings in Cases T-120/16 to T-123/16 and the procedures on appeal, in equal shares.






(1)  OJ C 240, 9.7.2018.