CELEX: 62020TA0591
Language: en
Date: 2021-10-13 00:00:00
Title: Case T-591/20: Judgment of the General Court of 13 October 2021 — Unimax Stationery v EUIPO — Mitsubishi Pencil (UNI-MAX) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU figurative mark UNI-MAX — Earlier EU figurative marks uni and uni-ball — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) and Article 53(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) and Article 60(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))

6.12.2021   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 490/39
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 13 October 2021 — Unimax Stationery v EUIPO — Mitsubishi Pencil (UNI-MAX)
      (Case T-591/20) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU figurative mark UNI-MAX - Earlier EU figurative marks uni and uni-ball - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) and Article 53(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) and Article 60(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))
      (2021/C 490/45)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Unimax Stationery (Daman, India) (represented by: A. Hempel and C. Grünewald, lawyers)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: T. Frydendahl and A. Folliard-Monguiral, acting as Agents)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Mitsubishi Pencil Co. Ltd (Tokyo, Japan) (represented by: J. Fesenmair, lawyer)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 20 July 2020 (Case R 371/2020-5), relating to invalidity proceedings between Mitsubishi Pencil and Unimax Stationery.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders Unimax Stationery to pay the costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 390, 16.11.2020.