Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 3.5.2021 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 163/26 |

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Judgment of the General Court of 24 February 2021 — Bezos Family Foundation v EUIPO — SNCF Mobilités (VROOM)

(Case T-56/20) [(1)](#ntr1-C_2021163EN.01002601-E0001)

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the EU word mark VROOM - Earlier national word mark POP & VROOM - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

(2021/C 163/33)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Bezos Family Foundation (Seattle, Washington, United States) (represented by: A. Klett, M. Schaffner and M. Lambert Maillard, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: A. Folliard-Monguiral and V. Ruzek, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: SNCF Mobilités, établissement public à caractère industriel et commercial (Saint-Denis, France)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 20 November 2019 (Case R 1288/2019 5), relating to opposition proceedings between SNCF Mobilités and Bezos Family Foundation.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | Orders Bezos Family Foundation to pay the costs. |

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