Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 11.5.2020 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 161/6 |

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Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 4 March 2020 — European Union Intellectual Property Office v Equivalenza Manufactory, SL

(Case C-328/18 P) [(1)](#ntr1-C_2020161EN.01000602-E0001)

(Appeal - EU trade mark - Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Article 8(1)(b) - Likelihood of confusion - Assessment of the similarity of the signs at issue - Global assessment of the likelihood of confusion - Consideration of marketing circumstances - Counteraction of a phonetic similarity through visual and conceptual differences - Conditions for counteraction)

(2020/C 161/08)

Language of the case: Spanish

Parties

Appellant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) (represented by: J.F. Crespo Carrillo, acting as Agent)

Other party to the proceedings: Equivalenza Manufactory, SL (represented by: G. Macías Bonilla, G. Marín Raigal and E. Armero Lavie, abogados)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Sets aside the judgment of the General Court of the European Union of 7 March 2018, Equivalenza Manufactory v EUIPO — ITM Entreprises (BLACK LABEL BY EQUIVALENZA) (T-6/17, not published, EU:T:2018:119); |

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| 2. | Dismisses the action for annulment brought by Equivalenza Manufactory SL before the General Court of the European Union in Case T–6/17; |

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| 3. | Orders Equivalenza Manufactory SL to bear its own costs relating both to the proceedings at first instance in Case T-6/17 and to the appeal proceedings and to pay the costs incurred by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) in both of those proceedings. |

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