Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 25.1.2021 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 28/39 |

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Judgment of the General Court of 25 November 2020 — BRF Singapore Foods v EUIPO — Tipiak (SADIA)

(Case T-310/19) [(1)](#ntr1-C_2021028EN.01003902-E0001)

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU word mark SADIA - Earlier national word mark SAIDA - 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) - Principle of sound administration - Equal treatment - Obligation to state reasons)

(2021/C 28/60)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: BRF Singapore Foods Pte Ltd (Singapore, Singapore) (represented by: C. Mateu, lawyer)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Tipiak (Saint-Aignan de Grand-Lieu, France) (represented by: M. Antoine-Lalance and M. Aïtelli, lawyers)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 19 March 2019 (Case R 1857/2018-4), relating to opposition proceedings between Tipiak and BRF Singapore Foods.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | Orders BRF Singapore Foods Pte Ltd to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Tipiak; |

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| 3. | Orders the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) to bear its own costs. |

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