CELEX: 62018TA0500
Language: en
Date: 2019-10-03 00:00:00
Title: Case T-500/18: Judgment of the General Court of 3 October 2019 — Puma v EUIPO — Destilerias MG (MG PUMA) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU word mark MG PUMA — Earlier EU word mark GINMG — Relative ground for refusal — Similarity of the signs — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

16.12.2019   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 423/42
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 3 October 2019 — Puma v EUIPO — Destilerias MG (MG PUMA)
      (Case T-500/18) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the EU word mark MG PUMA - Earlier EU word mark GINMG - Relative ground for refusal - Similarity of the signs - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
      (2019/C 423/52)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Puma SE (Herzogenaurach, Germany) (represented by: P. Trieb and M. Schunke, lawyers)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: K. Zajfert, A. Folliard Monguiral and H. O’Neill, acting as Agents)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Destilerias MG, SL (Vilanova i la Geltru, Spain) (represented by: E. Manresa Medina and J. Manresa Medina, lawyers)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 6 June 2018 (Case R 2019/2017-2), relating to opposition proceedings between Destilerias MG and Puma.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  
                     Dismisses the action;
                  
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  
                     Orders Puma SE to pay the costs.
                  
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 373, 15.10.2018.