CELEX: 62017TA0171
Language: en
Date: 2018-10-16 00:00:00
Title: Case T-171/17: Judgment of the General Court of 16 October 2018 — M & K v EUIPO — Genfoot (KIMIKA) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU word mark KIMIKA — Earlier EU word mark KAMIK — Relative grounds for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Genuine use — Article 42(2) and (3) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 47(2) and (3) of Regulation 2017/1001))

3.12.2018   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 436/43
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 16 October 2018 — M & K v EUIPO — Genfoot (KIMIKA)
      (Case T-171/17) (1)
      
      ((EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU word mark KIMIKA - Earlier EU word mark KAMIK - Relative grounds for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) - Genuine use - Article 42(2) and (3) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 47(2) and (3) of Regulation 2017/1001)))
      (2018/C 436/60)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: M & K Srl (Prato, Italy) (represented by: initially by F. Caricato, and subsequently by M. Cartella and B. Cartella, lawyers)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: E. Markakis and A. Folliard-Monguiral, acting as Agents)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Genfoot, Inc. (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) (represented by: E. Saarmann and P. Baronikians, lawyers)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 12 January 2017 (Case R 1206/2016-4), relating to opposition proceedings between Genfoot and M & K.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders M & K Srl to pay the costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 144, 8.5.2017.