CELEX: 62019TA0644
Language: en
Date: 2021-04-28 00:00:00
Title: Case T-644/19: Judgment of the General Court of 28 April 2021 — Linde Material Handling v EUIPO — Verti Aseguradora (VertiLight) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU word mark VertiLight — Earlier national word mark VERTI — Relative ground for refusal — No damage to reputation — No link between the marks at issue — Article 8(5) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(5) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))

21.6.2021   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 242/30
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 28 April 2021 — Linde Material Handling v EUIPO — Verti Aseguradora (VertiLight)
      (Case T-644/19) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU word mark VertiLight - Earlier national word mark VERTI - Relative ground for refusal - No damage to reputation - No link between the marks at issue - Article 8(5) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(5) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))
      (2021/C 242/40)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Linde Material Handling GmbH (Aschaffenburg, Germany) (represented by: J.-C. Plate and R. Kaase, lawyers)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: J. Crespo Carrillo and V. Ruzek, acting as Agents)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Verti Aseguradora, Compañía de seguros y reaseguros, SA (Madrid, Spain) (represented by: A. Sanz Cerralbo, lawyer)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 5 July 2019 (Case R 1849/2018-5), relating to opposition proceedings between Verti Aseguradora, Compañía de seguros y reaseguros, and Linde Material Handling.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Annuls the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 5 July 2019 (Case R 1849/2018-5);
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders EUIPO to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Linde Material Handling GmbH;
               
            
                  3.
               
               
                  Orders Verti Aseguradora, Compañía de seguros y reaseguros, SA, to bear its own costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 383, 11.11.2019.