CELEX: 62018TA0385
Language: en
Date: 2019-06-27 00:00:00
Title: Case T-385/18: Judgment of the General Court of 27 June 2019 — Aldi v EUIPO — Crone (CRONE) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU figurative mark CRONE — Earlier EU figurative marks crane and earlier word mark CRANE — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

9.9.2019   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 305/50
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 27 June 2019 — Aldi v EUIPO — Crone (CRONE)
      (Case T-385/18) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU figurative mark CRONE - Earlier EU figurative marks crane and earlier word mark CRANE - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
      (2019/C 305/60)
      Language of the case: German
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Aldi GmbH & Co. KG (Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany) (represented by: N. Lützenrath, U. Rademacher, C. Fürsen and M. Minkner, lawyers)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: A. Crawcour and D. Hanf, acting as Agents)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Christoph Michael Crone (Krefeld, Germany) (represented by: M. van Maele and H.-Y. Cho, lawyers)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 14 March 2018 (Case R 1100/2017-1), relating to opposition proceedings between Aldi and Mr Crone.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  
                     Dismisses the action;
                  
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  
                     Orders Aldi GmbH & Co. KG to pay the costs.
                  
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 285, 13.8.2018.