CELEX: 62018TA0497
Language: en
Date: 2019-09-24 00:00:00
Title: Case T-497/18: Judgment of the General Court of 24 September 2019 — IAK — Forum International v EUIPO — Schwalb (IAK) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU figurative mark IAK — Earlier national word mark IAK — Institut für angewandte Kreativität — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) and Article 60(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Genuine use of the earlier mark)

16.12.2019   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 423/41
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 24 September 2019 — IAK — Forum International v EUIPO — Schwalb (IAK)
      (Case T-497/18) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU figurative mark IAK - Earlier national word mark IAK - Institut für angewandte Kreativität - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) and Article 60(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Genuine use of the earlier mark)
      (2019/C 423/51)
      Language of the case: German
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: IAK GmbH — Forum International (Kirchzarten, Germany) (represented by: G. Wilke, 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: Ulrich Schwalb (Cologne, Germany)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 11 June 2018 (Case R 1511/2017-4), relating to invalidity proceedings between Mr Schwalb and IAK — Forum International.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
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                     Dismisses the action;
                  
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  
                     Orders IAK GmbH — Forum International to pay the costs.
                  
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 352, 1.10.2018.