Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) of 19 September 2019 –  
La Caixa v EUIPO — Imagic Vision (imagin bank)

(Case T‑761/18)

(EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU figurative mark imagin bank — Earlier national figurative mark imagic — Relative ground for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — No similarity between the signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

| 1. | EU trade mark — Appeals procedure — Action before the EU judicature — Jurisdiction of the General Court — Direction issued to the Office — Precluded  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 72(6))  (see para. 16) |

| 2. | EU trade mark — Definition and acquisition of the EU trade mark — Relative grounds for refusal — Opposition by the proprietor of an earlier identical or similar mark registered for identical or similar goods or services — Likelihood of confusion with the earlier mark — Criteria for assessment  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paras 21, 22) |

| 3. | EU trade mark — Definition and acquisition of the EU trade mark — Relative grounds for refusal — Opposition by the proprietor of an earlier identical or similar mark registered for identical or similar goods or services — Similarity of the marks concerned — Criteria for assessment — Composite mark  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paras 25-27) |

| 4. | EU trade mark — Definition and acquisition of the EU trade mark — Relative grounds for refusal — Opposition by the proprietor of an earlier identical or similar mark registered for identical or similar goods or services — Likelihood of confusion with the earlier mark — Figurative marks imagin bank and imagic  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paras 33, 39, 45, 51-54) |

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 22 October 2018 (Case R 1954/2017-4), relating to opposition proceedings between Imagic Vision and Fundación bancaria caixa d’estalvis i pensions de Barcelona La Caixa.

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Annuls the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 22 October 2018 (Case R 1954/2017-4); |

| 2. | Orders EUIPO to bear its own costs and the costs incurred by Fundación bancaria caixa d’estalvis i pensions de Barcelona La Caixa. |

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