CELEX: 62020TA0331
Language: en
Date: 2021-09-15 00:00:00
Title: Case T-331/20: Judgment of the General Court of 15 September 2021 — Laboratorios Ern v EUIPO — Le-Vel Brands (Le-Vel) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU word mark Le-Vel — Earlier national word mark LEVEL — Relative ground for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — No similarity of the goods and services — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))

8.11.2021   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 452/35
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 15 September 2021 — Laboratorios Ern v EUIPO — Le-Vel Brands (Le-Vel)
      (Case T-331/20) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the EU word mark Le-Vel - Earlier national word mark LEVEL - Relative ground for refusal - No likelihood of confusion - No similarity of the goods and services - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))
      (2021/C 452/41)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Laboratorios Ern, SA (Barcelona, Spain) (represented by: S. Correa Rodríguez, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: M. Vuijst and D. Gája, acting as Agents)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Le-Vel Brands, LLC (Frisco, Texas, United States)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 20 March 2020 (Case R 2113/2019-4), relating to opposition proceedings between Laboratorios Ern and Le-Vel Brands.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders Laboratorios Ern, SA, to pay the costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 247, 27.7.2020.