CELEX: 62018TA0582
Language: en
Date: 2019-10-15 00:00:00
Title: Case T-582/18: Judgment of the General Court of 15 October 2019 — Boxer Barcelona v EUIPO — X-Technology Swiss (XBOXER BARCELONA) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU figurative mark XBOXER BARCELONA — Earlier EU figurative mark representing the letter ‘x’ — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Genuine use of the earlier mark — Evidence — Article 18(1)(a) of Regulation 2017/1001 — Article 47(2) of Regulation 2017/1001 — Restriction of the application for registration before the Board of Appeal — Article 49(1) of Regulation 2017/1001)

23.12.2019   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 432/49
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 15 October 2019 — Boxer Barcelona v EUIPO — X-Technology Swiss (XBOXER BARCELONA)
      (Case T-582/18) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the EU figurative mark XBOXER BARCELONA - Earlier EU figurative mark representing the letter ‘x’ - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Genuine use of the earlier mark - Evidence - Article 18(1)(a) of Regulation 2017/1001 - Article 47(2) of Regulation 2017/1001 - Restriction of the application for registration before the Board of Appeal - Article 49(1) of Regulation 2017/1001)
      (2019/C 432/57)
      Language of the case: Spanish
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Boxer Barcelona, SL (Barcelona, Spain) (represented by: A. Canela Giménez, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: S. Palmero Cabezas and H. O’Neill, acting as Agents)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: X-Technology Swiss GmbH (Wollerau, Switzerland) (represented by: A. Zafar, lawyer)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 12 July 2018 (Case R 2186/2017-5), relating to opposition proceedings between X-Technology Swiss and Boxer Barcelona.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
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                     Dismisses the action;
                  
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  
                     Orders Boxer Barcelona, SL to pay the costs.
                  
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 427, 26.11.2018.