Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 26.11.2018 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 427/53 |

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Judgment of the General Court of 3 October 2018 — Unipreus v EUIPO — Wallapop (wallapop)

(Case T-186/17) [(1)](#ntr1-C_2018427EN.01005301-E0001)

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU figurative mark wallapop - Prior national figurative mark wala w - 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) - Similarity of the services)

(2018/C 427/68)

Language of the case: Spanish

Parties

Applicant: Unipreus, SL (Lleida, Spain) (represented by: C. Rivadulla Oliva, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) (represented by: D. Bernabeu, D. Gája and J. Crespo Carrillo, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Wallpop, SL, (Barcelona, Spain) (represented by: X. Fàbrega Sabaté and J. Sánchez Sánchez-Crespo, lawyers)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 18 January 2017 (Case R 2350/2015-5) concerning opposition proceedings between Unipreus and Wallapop.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Annuls the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 18 January 2017, in so far as it found that the services at issue in Case R 2350/2015-5 were different; |

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| 2. | Dismisses the action as to the remainder; |

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| 3. | Orders EUIPO to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Unipreus, SL; |

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| 4. | Orders Wallapop, SL, to bear its own costs. |

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