Source: EURLEX
Language: en
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| 30.8.2021 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 349/35 |

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Judgment of the General Court of 14 July 2021 — Cole Haan v EUIPO — Samsøe & Samsøe Holding (Ø)

(Case T-399/20) [(1)](#ntr1-C_2021349EN.01003502-E0001)

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU figurative mark Ø - Earlier international figurative mark φ - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Similarity of the signs - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

(2021/C 349/49)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Cole Haan LLC (Greenland, New Hampshire, United States) (represented by: G. Vos, lawyer)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Samsøe & Samsøe Holding A/S (Copenhagen, Denmark) (represented by: C. Jardorf, lawyer)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 15 April 2020 (Case R 1375/2019-4) relating to opposition proceedings between Samsøe & Samsøe Holding and Cole Haan.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | Orders Cole Haan LLC to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO); |

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| 3. | Orders Samsøe & Samsøe Holding A/S to bear its own costs. |

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