Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 14.3.2022 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 119/34 |

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Judgment of the General Court of 12 January 2022 — 1031023 B.C. v EUIPO — Bodegas San Valero (Representation of a circle drawn by a brush)

(Case T-366/20) [(1)](#ntr1-C_2022119EN.01003401-E0001)

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for an EU figurative mark representing a circle drawn by a brush - Earlier national figurative mark ORIGIUM 1944 - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

(2022/C 119/44)

Language of the case: Spanish

Parties

Applicant: 1031023 B.C. Ltd (Richmond, British Columbia, Canada) (represented by: M. González Gordon, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: J. Ivanauskas and V. Ruzek, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Bodegas San Valero, S. Coop. (Cariñena, Spain) (represented by: J. García Domínguez, lawyer)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 9 March 2020 (Case R 2142/2019-1) relating to opposition proceedings between Bodegas San Valero and 1031023 B.C.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | Orders 1031023 B.C. Ltd to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and by Bodegas San Valero, S. Coop. |

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