Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 23.1.2017 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 22/27 |

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Judgment of the General Court of 1 December 2016 — Universidad Internacional de la Rioja v EUIPO — Universidad de la Rioja (UNIVERSIDAD INTERNACIONAL DE LA RIOJA uniR)

(Case T-561/15)[(1)](#ntr1-C_2017022EN.01002701-E0001)

((EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU figurative mark UNIVERSIDAD INTERNACIONAL DE LA RIOJA uniR - Earlier EU word mark UNIRIOJA - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))

(2017/C 022/35)

Language of the case: Spanish

Parties

Applicant: Universidad Internacional de la Rioja, SA (Logroño, Spain) (represented by: C. Lema Devesa and A. Porras Fernandez-Toledano, lawyers)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Universidad de la Rioja (Logroño, Spain) (represented initially by: J. Diez-Hochleitner Rodríguez, D. Garayalde Niño and A. I. Alpera Plazas, lawyers, and subsequently by J Diez-Hochleitner Rodríguez and D Garayalde Niño

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 22 June 2015 (Case R 1914/2014-5), relating to opposition proceedings between Universidad de la Rioja and Universidad Internacional de la Rioja.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | Orders Universidad Internacional de la Rioja, SA to pay the costs. |

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