CELEX: 62018TA0598
Language: en
Date: 2020-01-30 00:00:00
Title: Case T-598/18: Judgment of the General Court of 30 January 2020 — Grupo Textil Brownie v EUIPO — The Guide Association (BROWNIE) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU word mark BROWNIE — Earlier national word marks BROWNIES, BROWNIE, Brownies and Brownie — Relative ground 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 of the earlier mark — Article 42(2) and (3) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 47(2) and (3) of Regulation 2017/1001))

9.3.2020   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 77/44
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 30 January 2020 — Grupo Textil Brownie v EUIPO — The Guide Association (BROWNIE)
      (Case T-598/18) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU word mark BROWNIE - Earlier national word marks BROWNIES, BROWNIE, Brownies and Brownie - Relative ground 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 of the earlier mark - Article 42(2) and (3) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 47(2) and (3) of Regulation 2017/1001))
      (2020/C 77/63)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Grupo Textil Brownie, SL (Barcelona, Spain) (represented by: D. Pellisé Urquiza and J.C. Quero Navarro, lawyers)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: M. Capostagno, A. Folliard-Monguiral and H. O’Neill, acting as Agents)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: The Guide Association (London, United Kingdom) (represented by: T. St Quintin, Barrister, and M. Jhittay, Solicitor)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the EUIPO of 4 July 2018 (Case R 2680/2017-2) relating to opposition proceedings between The Guide Association and Grupo Textil Brownie.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  
                     Dismisses the action;
                  
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  
                     Orders Grupo Textil Brownie, SL to pay the costs.
                  
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 427, 26.11.2018.