CELEX: 62017TA0724
Language: en
Date: 2018-11-22 00:00:00
Title: Case T-724/17: Judgment of the General Court of 22 November 2018 — The Vianel Group v EUIPO — Viania Dessous (VIANEL) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — International registration designating the European Union — Word mark VIANEL — Earlier EU word mark VIANIA — 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))

4.2.2019   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 44/43
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 22 November 2018 — The Vianel Group v EUIPO — Viania Dessous (VIANEL)
      (Case T-724/17) (1)
      
      ((EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - International registration designating the European Union - Word mark VIANEL - Earlier EU word mark VIANIA - 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)))
      (2019/C 44/53)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: The Vianel Group LLC (Dover, Delaware, United States) (represented by: V. Perrichon, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: P. Sipos and D. Walicka, acting as Agents)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Viania Dessous GmbH (Mössingen, Germany)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 14 July 2017 (Case R 285/2017-5), relating to opposition proceedings between Viania Dessous and The Vianel Group.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders The Vianel Group LLC to pay, in addition to its own costs, the costs incurred by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) in the proceedings before the General Court.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 13, 15.1.2018.