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Case T-556/17: Judgment of the General Court of 26 June 2018 — Staropilsen v EUIPO — Pivovary Staropramen (STAROPILSEN; STAROPLZEN) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU word mark STAROPILSEN; STAROPLZEN — Earlier EU and national word marks STAROPRAMEN — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) and Article 53(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) and Article 60(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))

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Judgment of the General Court of 26 June 2018 — Staropilsen v EUIPO — Pivovary Staropramen (STAROPILSEN; STAROPLZEN)

(Case T-556/17) (
[1](#t-C_2018276EN.01004502-E0001)
)

‛(EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU word mark STAROPILSEN; STAROPLZEN — Earlier EU and national word marks STAROPRAMEN — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) and Article 53(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) and Article 60(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))’

2018/C 276/75Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Staropilsen s. r. o. (Plzeň, Czech Republic) (represented by: A. Kodrasová, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: J. Ivanauskas, acting as Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Pivovary Staropramen s. r. o. (Prague, Czech Republic) (represented by: M. Vojáček, lawyer)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 20 June 2017 (Case R 236/2017-4), relating to cancellation proceedings between Pivovary Staropramen and Staropilsen.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

| 2. | Orders Staropilsen s. r. o. to pay the costs. |

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(
[1](#c-C_2018276EN.01004502-E0001)
) [OJ C 347, 16.10.2017](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:C:2017:347:TOC).

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