Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 29.6.2020 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 215/40 |

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Judgment of the General Court of 13 May 2020 — Divaro v EUIPO — Grendene (IPANEMA)

(Case T-288/19) [(1)](#ntr1-C_2020215EN.01004001-E0001)

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU figurative mark IPANEMA - Earlier EU figurative mark Ipanema - Relative ground for refusal - Article 8(5) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

(2020/C 215/50)

Language of the case: Spanish

Parties

Applicant: Divaro, SA (Oviedo, Spain) (represented by: M. Santos Quintana and M. A. Fernández Munárriz, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: J. Crespo Carrillo, acting as agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Grendene, SA (Sobral, Brazil)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 22 February 2019 (Case R 1785/2018-2) relating to opposition proceedings between Grendene and Divaro.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Annuls the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 22 February 2019 (Case R 1785/2018-2) in so far as it dismissed the action of Divaro, SA for ‘protective glasses’ in Class 9; |

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| 2. | Rejects the opposition for all the goods covered in the application for registration, except for ‘glasses (optical)’, ‘frames for the latter (lenses)’ and ‘sports glasses’ in Class 9; |

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| 3. | Dismisses the action as to the remainder; |

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| 4. | Orders each party to bear its own costs. |

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