CELEX: 62018TA0259
Language: en
Date: 2019-03-28 00:00:00
Title: Case T-259/18: Judgment of the General Court of 28 March 2019 — Zakłady Chemiczne ‘Siarkopol’ Tarnobrzeg v EUIPO — EuroChem Agro (Unifoska) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU word mark Unifoska — Earlier EU word mark NITROFOSKA — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

20.5.2019   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 172/33
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 28 March 2019 — Zakłady Chemiczne ‘Siarkopol’ Tarnobrzeg v EUIPO — EuroChem Agro (Unifoska)
      (Case T-259/18) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the EU word mark Unifoska - Earlier EU word mark NITROFOSKA - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
      (2019/C 172/46)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Zakłady Chemiczne ‘Siarkopol’ Tarnobrzeg (Tarnobrzeg, Poland) (represented by: M. Kondrat, 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: EuroChem Agro GmbH (Mannheim, Germany) (represented by: M. Schmidhuber and A. Haberer, lawyers)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 7 February 2018 (Case R 1503/2017-5), relating to opposition proceedings between EuroChem Agro and Zakłady Chemiczne ‘Siarkopol’ Tarnobrzeg.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
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                     Dismisses the action;
                  
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  
                     Orders Zakłady Chemiczne ‘Siarkopol’ Tarnobrzeg sp. z o.o. to pay the costs.
                  
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 221, 25.6.2018.