CELEX: 62020TA0493
Language: en
Date: 2021-09-08 00:00:00
Title: Case T-493/20: Judgment of the General Court of 8 September 2021 — Sfera Joven v EUIPO — Koc (SFORA WEAR) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU word mark SFORA WEAR — Earlier EU figurative marks Sfera KIDS and Sfera — Relative ground for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Proof of genuine use of the earlier mark — Article 42(2) and (3) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 47(2) and (3) of Regulation 2017/1001))

25.10.2021   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 431/35
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 8 September 2021 — Sfera Joven v EUIPO — Koc (SFORA WEAR)
      (Case T-493/20) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU word mark SFORA WEAR - Earlier EU figurative marks Sfera KIDS and Sfera - Relative ground for refusal - No likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) - Proof of genuine use of the earlier mark - Article 42(2) and (3) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 47(2) and (3) of Regulation 2017/1001))
      (2021/C 431/41)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Sfera Joven, SA (Madrid, Spain) (represented by: J. Rivas Zurdo, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: M. Capostagno, acting as Agent)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Andrzej Koc (Kobyłka, Poland) (represented by: J. Aftyka, lawyer)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 15 May 2020 (Case R 2030/2019-1) relating to opposition proceedings between Sfera Joven and Andrzej Koc.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders Sfera Joven, SA, to pay the costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 320, 28.9.2020.