CELEX: 62020TA0697
Language: en
Date: 2021-09-01 00:00:00
Title: Case T-697/20: Judgment of the General Court of 1 September 2021 — Bimbo Donuts Iberia v EUIPO — Hijos de Antonio Juan (DONAS DULCESOL) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU word mark DONAS DULCESOL — Earlier national word mark DONAS — Relative ground for refusal — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Lack of proof of genuine use of earlier mark — Classification of the goods in respect of which genuine use has been shown — Article 47(2) and (3) of Regulation 2017/1001)

18.10.2021   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 422/16
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 1 September 2021 — Bimbo Donuts Iberia v EUIPO — Hijos de Antonio Juan (DONAS DULCESOL)
      (Case T-697/20) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU word mark DONAS DULCESOL - Earlier national word mark DONAS - Relative ground for refusal - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Lack of proof of genuine use of earlier mark - Classification of the goods in respect of which genuine use has been shown - Article 47(2) and (3) of Regulation 2017/1001)
      (2021/C 422/22)
      Language of the case: Spanish
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Bimbo Donuts Iberia, SA (Madrid, Spain) (represented by: M. Ceballos Rodríguez, I. Robledo McClymont and M. Hernández Gázquez, lawyers)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: R. Raponi and D. Gája, acting as Agents)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Hijos de Antonio Juan, SL (Villalonga, Spain)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 7 September 2020 (Case R 514/2020-5), relating to opposition proceedings between Bimbo Donuts Iberia and Hijos de Antonio Juan.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders Bimbo Donuts Iberia, SA to pay the costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 28, 25.1.2021.