CELEX: 62020TA0035
Language: en
Date: 2020-12-02 00:00:00
Title: Case T-35/20: Judgment of the General Court of 2 December 2020 — Monster Energy v EUIPO — Nanjing aisiyou Clothing (Representation of a scratch) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for an EU figurative mark representing a claw-like scratch — Earlier EU and UK figurative marks representing claw-like scratches — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b), (4) and (5) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

25.1.2021   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 28/46
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 2 December 2020 — Monster Energy v EUIPO — Nanjing aisiyou Clothing (Representation of a scratch)
      (Case T-35/20) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for an EU figurative mark representing a claw-like scratch - Earlier EU and UK figurative marks representing claw-like scratches - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b), (4) and (5) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
      (2021/C 28/71)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Monster Energy Company (Corona, California, United States) (represented by: P. Brownlow, Solicitor)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: A. Kusturovic, J. Crespo Carrillo and V. Ruzek, acting as Agents)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Nanjing aisiyou Clothing Co. Ltd (Nankin, China)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 13 November 2019 (Case R 1104/2019-5), relating to opposition proceedings between Monster Energy Company and Nanjing aisiyou Clothing.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Annuls the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 13 November 2019 (Case R 1104/2019-5), in so far as it concerns the rejection of the opposition based on Article 8(1)(b) and (5) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action as to the remainder;
               
            
                  3.
               
               
                  Orders EUIPO to pay the costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 68, 2.3.2020.