Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 8.1.2018 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 5/33 |

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Judgment of the General Court of 16 November 2017 — Galletas Gullón v EUIPO — HUG (GULLON DARVIDA)

(Case T-456/16)[(1)](#ntr1-C_2018005EN.01003302-E0001)

((EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the EU word mark GULLON DARVIDA - Earlier international and national word marks DAR VIDA - Documents produced for the first time before the Board of Appeal - Discretion granted by Article 76(2) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 95(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) - Rule 19(1) and Rule 20(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2868/95 (now Article 7(1) and Article 8(1) and (7) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1430) - Rule 50(1) of Regulation No 2868/95 - Relative ground for refusal - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation 2017/1001) - Likelihood of confusion))

(2018/C 005/44)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Galletas Gullón, SA (Aguilar de Campoo, Spain) (represented by: I. Escudero Pérez, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: E. Zaera Cuadrado, acting as Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Hug AG (Malters, Switzerland) (represented by: A. Renck and J. Schmitt, lawyers)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 13 June 2016 (Case R 773/2015-4) relating to opposition proceedings between Hug and Galletas Gullón.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | Orders Galletas Gullón, SA to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and by Hug AG. |

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