Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 6.2.2017 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 38/28 |

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Judgment of the General Court of 15 December 2016 — Aldi v EUIPO — Miquel Alimentació Grup (Gourmet)

(Case T-212/15)[(1)](#ntr1-C_2017038EN.01002802-E0001)

((EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU figurative mark Gourmet - Earlier national word and figurative marks GOURMET and Gourmet - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Similarity of the signs - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))

(2017/C 038/38)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: Aldi GmbH & Co. KG (Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany) (represented by: C. Fürsen, N. Lützenrath, U. Rademacher and N. Bertram, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: M. Eberl and M. Fischer, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Miquel Alimentació Grup, SA (Vilamalla, Spain) (represented by: C. Duch Fonoll and R. Niebel, lawyers)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 24 February 2015 (Case R 0314/2014-4), relating to opposition proceedings between Miquel Alimentació Grup and Aldi.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | Orders Aldi GmbH & Co. KG to pay the costs. |

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