CELEX: 62018TA0058
Language: en
Date: 2019-10-24 00:00:00
Title: Case T-58/18: Judgment of the General Court of 24 October 2019 —Mahr v EUIPO — Especialidades Vira (Xocolat) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU word mark Xocolat — Earlier EU word mark LUXOCOLAT — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Reasoned statement in the notice of opposition — Rule 15(3)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 2868/95 (now Article 2(4) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/625))

23.12.2019   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 432/39
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 24 October 2019 —Mahr v EUIPO — Especialidades Vira (Xocolat)
      (Case T-58/18) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU word mark Xocolat - Earlier EU word mark LUXOCOLAT - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Similarity of signs - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Reasoned statement in the notice of opposition - Rule 15(3)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 2868/95 (now Article 2(4) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/625))
      (2019/C 432/44)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Ramona Mahr (Vienna, Austria) (represented by: T. Rohracher, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: E. Śliwińska and A. Folliard-Monguiral, Agents)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Especialidades Vira, SL (Martorell, Spain)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 6 November 2017 (Case R 541/2017-2), relating to opposition proceedings between Especialidades Vira and Ms Mahr.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  
                     Dismisses the action;
                  
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  
                     Orders Ms Ramona Mahr to pay the costs.
                  
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 112, 26.3.2018.