Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 28 April 2021 –  
Point Tec Products Electronic v EUIPO – Compagnie des montres Longines, Francillon (representation of two extended wings around a triangle)

(Case T-615/19)

(EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – International registration designating the European Union – Figurative mark representing two extended wings around a triangle – Earlier EU figurative mark representing two extended wings around a rectangle – 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) – Article 72(2) of Regulation 2017/1001)

| 1. | 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  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paras 26-30) |

| 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 – Similarity of the marks concerned – Criteria for assessment – Composite mark  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paras 38-40) |

| 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 – Likelihood of confusion with the earlier mark – Figurative mark representing two extended wings around a triangle and figurative mark representing two extended wings around a rectangle  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paras 43, 44, 50, 51, 58-60) |

| 4. | EU trade mark – Definition and acquisition of the EU trade mark – Prior registration of the trade mark in certain Member States – Effect  (see para. 64) |

| 5. | Judicial proceedings – Application initiating proceedings – Formal requirements – Summary of the pleas in law on which the application is based – Pleas in law not set out in the application – General reference to other documents – Inadmissibility  (Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 21, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 177(1)(d))  (see para. 68) |

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 8 July 2019 (Case R 2427/2018-5), relating to opposition proceedings between Compagnie des montres Longines, Francillon and Point Tec Products Electronic.

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

| 2. | Orders Point Tec Products Electronic GmbH to pay the costs. |

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