CELEX: 62020TA0196
Language: en
Date: 2021-06-16 00:00:00
Title: Case T-196/20: Judgment of the General Court of 16 June 2021 — Chanel v EUIPO — Innovative Cosmetic Concepts (INCOCO) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — International registration designating the European Union — Word mark INCOCO — Earlier national word marks COCO — 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))

2.8.2021   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 310/23
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 16 June 2021 — Chanel v EUIPO — Innovative Cosmetic Concepts (INCOCO)
      (Case T-196/20) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - International registration designating the European Union - Word mark INCOCO - Earlier national word marks COCO - 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))
      (2021/C 310/29)
      Language of the case: French
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Chanel (Neuilly sur-Seine, France) (represented by: J. Passa, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: S. Pétrequin, J. Crespo Carrillo and V. Ruzek, acting as Agents)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Innovative Cosmetic Concepts LLC (Clifton, New Jersey, United States) (represented by: I. Temiño Ceniceros, J. Oria Sousa-Montes and P. Revuelta Martos, lawyers)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 16 January 2020 (Case R 194/2019-1), relating to opposition proceedings between Chanel and Innovative Cosmetic Concepts.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Annuls the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 16 January 2020 (Case R 194/2019-1);
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders EUIPO and Innovative Cosmetic Concepts LLC to pay the costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 201, 15.6.2020.