Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 9.11.2020 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 378/31 |

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Judgment of the General Court of 9 September 2020 — Gothe and Kunz v EUIPO — Aldi Einkauf (FAIR ZONE)

(Case T-589/19) [(1)](#ntr1-C_2020378EN.01003101-E0001)

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU word mark FAIR ZONE - Earlier EU word mark FAIR - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

(2020/C 378/37)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicants: Oliver Gothe (Cologne, Germany) and Martin Kunz (London, United Kingdom) (represented by: K. Kruse, lawyer)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of the EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Aldi Einkauf GmbH & Co. OHG (Essen, Germany) (represented by: N. Lützenrath, U. Rademacher, C. Fürsen, and M. Minkner, lawyers)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the EUIPO of 3 July 2019 (Case R 2253/2018-4), concerning opposition proceedings between, on the one hand, Aldi Einkauf and, on the other hand, Mr Gothe and Mr Kunz.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | The action is dismissed; |

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| 2. | Mr Oliver Gothe and Mr Martin Kunz are ordered to pay the costs. |

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