CELEX: 62019TA0288
Language: en
Date: 2020-05-13 00:00:00
Title: Case T-288/19: Judgment of the General Court of 13 May 2020 — Divaro v EUIPO — Grendene (IPANEMA) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU figurative mark IPANEMA — Earlier EU figurative mark Ipanema — Relative ground for refusal — Article 8(5) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

29.6.2020   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 215/40
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 13 May 2020 — Divaro v EUIPO — Grendene (IPANEMA)
      (Case T-288/19) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU figurative mark IPANEMA - Earlier EU figurative mark Ipanema - Relative ground for refusal - Article 8(5) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
      (2020/C 215/50)
      Language of the case: Spanish
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Divaro, SA (Oviedo, Spain) (represented by: M. Santos Quintana and M. A. Fernández Munárriz, lawyers)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: J. Crespo Carrillo, acting as agent)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Grendene, SA (Sobral, Brazil)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 22 February 2019 (Case R 1785/2018-2) relating to opposition proceedings between Grendene and Divaro.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Annuls the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 22 February 2019 (Case R 1785/2018-2) in so far as it dismissed the action of Divaro, SA for ‘protective glasses’ in Class 9;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Rejects the opposition for all the goods covered in the application for registration, except for ‘glasses (optical)’, ‘frames for the latter (lenses)’ and ‘sports glasses’ in Class 9;
               
            
                  3.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action as to the remainder;
               
            
                  4.
               
               
                  Orders each party to bear its own costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 213, 24.6.2019.