CELEX: 62016TA0456
Language: en
Date: 2017-11-16 00:00:00
Title: Case T-456/16: Judgment of the General Court of 16 November 2017 — Galletas Gullón v EUIPO — HUG (GULLON DARVIDA) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU word mark GULLON DARVIDA — Earlier international and national word marks DAR VIDA — Documents produced for the first time before the Board of Appeal — Discretion granted by Article 76(2) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 95(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Rule 19(1) and Rule 20(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2868/95 (now Article 7(1) and Article 8(1) and (7) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1430) — Rule 50(1) of Regulation No 2868/95 — Relative ground for refusal — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation 2017/1001) — Likelihood of confusion)

8.1.2018   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 5/33
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 16 November 2017 — Galletas Gullón v EUIPO — HUG (GULLON DARVIDA)
   (Case T-456/16) (1)
   
   ((EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the EU word mark GULLON DARVIDA - Earlier international and national word marks DAR VIDA - Documents produced for the first time before the Board of Appeal - Discretion granted by Article 76(2) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 95(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) - Rule 19(1) and Rule 20(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2868/95 (now Article 7(1) and Article 8(1) and (7) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1430) - Rule 50(1) of Regulation No 2868/95 - Relative ground for refusal - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation 2017/1001) - Likelihood of confusion))
   (2018/C 005/44)
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Galletas Gullón, SA (Aguilar de Campoo, Spain) (represented by: I. Escudero Pérez, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: E. Zaera Cuadrado, acting as Agent)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Hug AG (Malters, Switzerland) (represented by: A. Renck and J. Schmitt, lawyers)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 13 June 2016 (Case R 773/2015-4) relating to opposition proceedings between Hug and Galletas Gullón.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Galletas Gullón, SA to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and by Hug AG.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 383, 17.10.2016.