CELEX: 62018TA0356
Language: en
Date: 2019-09-24 00:00:00
Title: Case T-356/18: Judgment of the General Court of 24 September 2019 — Volvo Trademark v EUIPO — Paalupaikka (V V-WHEELS) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU figurative mark V V-WHEELS — Earlier EU, national and unregistered figurative marks VOLVO — Relative ground for refusal — Similarity of the signs — Article 8(5) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

9.12.2019   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 413/49
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 24 September 2019 — Volvo Trademark v EUIPO — Paalupaikka (V V-WHEELS)
      (Case T-356/18) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the EU figurative mark V V-WHEELS - Earlier EU, national and unregistered figurative marks VOLVO - Relative ground for refusal - Similarity of the signs - Article 8(5) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
      (2019/C 413/58)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Volvo Trademark Holding AB (Gothenburg, Sweden) (represented by: T. Dolde, lawyer, and M. Hawkins, Solicitor)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: S. Bonne and H. O’Neill, acting as Agents)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Paalupaikka Oy (Iisalmi, Finland)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 21 March 2018 (Case R 1852/2017-4), relating to opposition proceedings between Volvo Trademark Holding and Paalupaikka.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
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                     Annuls the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 21 March 2018 (Case R 1852/2017-4);
                  
               
            
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                     Orders EUIPO to pay the costs, including the costs necessarily incurred by Volvo Trademark Holding AB for the purposes of the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO.
                  
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 268, 30.7.2018.