CELEX: 62020TA0505
Language: en
Date: 2021-10-06 00:00:00
Title: Case T-505/20: Judgment of the General Court of 6 October 2021 — Guo v EUIPO — Sand Cph (sandriver) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU figurative mark sandriver — Earlier EU word mark SAND — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))

29.11.2021   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 481/26
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 6 October 2021 — Guo v EUIPO — Sand Cph (sandriver)
      (Case T-505/20) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU figurative mark sandriver - Earlier EU word mark SAND - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))
      (2021/C 481/37)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Xiuling Guo (Shanghai, China) (represented by: L. Le Stanc, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: J. Mrozowski, A. Folliard-Monguiral and V. Ruzek, acting as Agents)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Sand Cph A/S (Copenhagen, Denmark)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 2 June 2020 (Case R 2019/2019-2) relating to invalidity proceedings between Sand Cph and Ms Guo.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders Ms Xiuling Guo to pay the costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 320, 28.9.2020.