CELEX: 62015TA0473
Language: en
Date: 2017-03-16 00:00:00
Title: Case T-473/15: Judgment of the General Court of 16 March 2017 — Capella v EUIPO — Abus (APUS) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU word mark APUS — Earlier national word mark ABUS — Relative ground for refusal — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Likelihood of confusion — Successive restrictions of the trade mark application before the Board of Appeal — Article 43(1) of Regulation No 207/2009 — Competence of the Board of Appeal — Article 64(1) of Regulation No 207/2009 — Right to be heard — Article 75, second sentence, of Regulation No 207/2009 — Rule 13(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2868/95)

8.5.2017   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 144/37
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 16 March 2017 — Capella v EUIPO — Abus (APUS)
   (Case T-473/15) (1)
   
   ((EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the EU word mark APUS - Earlier national word mark ABUS - Relative ground for refusal - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Likelihood of confusion - Successive restrictions of the trade mark application before the Board of Appeal - Article 43(1) of Regulation No 207/2009 - Competence of the Board of Appeal - Article 64(1) of Regulation No 207/2009 - Right to be heard - Article 75, second sentence, of Regulation No 207/2009 - Rule 13(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2868/95))
   (2017/C 144/49)
   Language of the case: German
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Capella EOOD (Sofia, Bulgaria) (represented by: F. Henkel, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: S. Hanne, Agent)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Abus August Bremicker Söhne KG (Wetter, Germany) (represented by: G. Hallwachs, lawyer)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 2 June 2015 (Case R 117/2014-4), relating to opposition proceedings between Abus August Bremicker Söhne and Capella.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Annuls the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 2 June 2015 (Case R 117/2014-4);
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders EUIPO, in addition to bearing its own costs, to pay those incurred by Capella EOOD;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Declares that Abus August Bremicker Söhne KG is to bear its own costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 328, 5.10.2015.