Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 24.2.2020 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 61/31 |

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Judgment of the General Court of 19 December 2019 — El Corte Inglés v EUIPO — Lloyd Shoes (LLOYD)

(Case T-729/18) [(1)](#ntr1-C_2020061EN.01003101-E0001)

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the EU figurative mark LLOYD - Earlier EU figurative mark LLOYD’S - Relative ground for refusal - No likelihood of confusion - No similarity between the goods and services - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

(2020/C 61/38)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: El Corte Inglés, SA (Madrid, Spain) (represented by: J.L. Rivas Zurdo, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: J.F. Crespo Carrillo and H. O’Neill, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Lloyd Shoes GmbH (Sulingen, Germany) (represented by: M. Stöckel, lawyer)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 13 September 2018 (Case R 2385/2017-1), relating to opposition proceedings between El Corte Inglés and Lloyd Shoes.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | Orders El Corte Inglés, SA to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO); |

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| 3. | Orders Lloyd Shoes GmbH to bear its own costs. |

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