CELEX: 62020TA0049
Language: en
Date: 2020-10-15 00:00:00
Title: Case T-49/20: Judgment of the General Court of 15 October 2020 — Rothenberger v EUIPO — Paper Point (ROBOX) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU word mark ROBOX — Earlier EU word mark OROBOX — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Independent subcategory of goods — Taking into consideration of a descriptive element — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))

14.12.2020   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 433/50
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 15 October 2020 — Rothenberger v EUIPO — Paper Point (ROBOX)
      (Case T-49/20) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the EU word mark ROBOX - Earlier EU word mark OROBOX - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Independent subcategory of goods - Taking into consideration of a descriptive element - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))
      (2020/C 433/63)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Rothenberger AG (Kelkheim, Germany) (represented by: V. von Bomhard and J. Fuhrmann, lawyers)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: G. Sakalaitė-Orlovskienė, J.F. Crespo Carrillo and V. Ruzek, acting as Agents)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Paper Point S.n.c di Daria Fabbroni e Simone Borghini (Arezzo, Italy)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 31 October 2019 (Case R 210/2019-1), relating to opposition proceedings between Paper Point and Rothenberger.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders Rothenberger AG to pay the costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 87, 16.3.2020.