Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 20.5.2019 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 172/33 |

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Judgment of the General Court of 28 March 2019 — Zakłady Chemiczne ‘Siarkopol’ Tarnobrzeg v EUIPO — EuroChem Agro (Unifoska)

(Case T-259/18) [(1)](#ntr1-C_2019172EN.01003302-E0001)

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

(2019/C 172/46)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Zakłady Chemiczne ‘Siarkopol’ Tarnobrzeg (Tarnobrzeg, Poland) (represented by: M. Kondrat, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: S. Palmero Cabezas and H. O’Neill, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: EuroChem Agro GmbH (Mannheim, Germany) (represented by: M. Schmidhuber and A. Haberer, lawyers)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 7 February 2018 (Case R 1503/2017-5), relating to opposition proceedings between EuroChem Agro and Zakłady Chemiczne ‘Siarkopol’ Tarnobrzeg.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | Orders Zakłady Chemiczne ‘Siarkopol’ Tarnobrzeg sp. z o.o. to pay the costs. |

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