CELEX: 62020TA0117
Language: en
Date: 2021-02-10 00:00:00
Title: Case T-117/20: Judgment of the General Court of 10 February 2021 — El Corte Inglés v EUIPO — MKR Design (PANTHÉ) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU figurative mark PANTHÉ — Earlier national word and figurative marks PANTHER and earlier EU figurative mark P PANTHER — Relative ground for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Proof of genuine use of the earlier mark)

12.4.2021   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 128/35
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 10 February 2021 — El Corte Inglés v EUIPO — MKR Design (PANTHÉ)
      (Case T-117/20) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the EU figurative mark PANTHÉ - Earlier national word and figurative marks PANTHER and earlier EU figurative mark P PANTHER - Relative ground for refusal - No likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) - Proof of genuine use of the earlier mark)
      (2021/C 128/43)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: El Corte Inglés (Madrid, Spain) (represented by: J.L. Rivas Zurdo, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: L. Rampini, acting as Agent)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: MKR Design Srl (Milan, Italy) (represented by: G. Dragotti, lawyer)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 5 December 2019 (Case R 378/2019-5), relating to opposition proceedings between El Corte Inglés and MKR Design.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders El Corte Inglés, SA, to pay the costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 129, 20.4.2020.