CELEX: 62020TA0177
Language: en
Date: 2021-06-02 00:00:00
Title: Case T-177/20: Judgment of the General Court of 2 June 2021 — Himmel v EUIPO — Ramirez Monfort (Hispano Suiza) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU word mark Hispano Suiza — Earlier EU word mark HISPANO SUIZA — 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))

12.7.2021   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 278/43
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 2 June 2021 — Himmel v EUIPO — Ramirez Monfort (Hispano Suiza)
      (Case T-177/20) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU word mark Hispano Suiza - Earlier EU word mark HISPANO SUIZA - 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 278/59)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Erwin Leo Himmel (Walchwil, Switzerland) (represented by: A. Gomoll, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: M. Fischer, acting as Agent)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Gonzalo Andres Ramirez Monfort (Barcelona, Spain)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 21 January 2020 (Case R 67/2019-1), relating to opposition proceedings between Mr Himmel and Mr Ramirez Monfort.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Annuls the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 21 January 2020 (Case R 67/2019-1);
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders EUIPO to pay the costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 191, 8.6.2020.