CELEX: 62019TA0608
Language: en
Date: 2020-09-23 00:00:00
Title: Case T-608/19: Judgment of the General Court of 23 September 2020 — Veronese Design Company v EUIPO — Veronese (VERONESE) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU figurative mark VERONESE — Earlier EU word mark VERONESE — Relative ground for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) and Article 60(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

23.11.2020   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 399/34
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 23 September 2020 — Veronese Design Company v EUIPO — Veronese (VERONESE)
      (Case T-608/19) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU figurative mark VERONESE - Earlier EU word mark VERONESE - Relative ground for refusal - No likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) and Article 60(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
      (2020/C 399/49)
      Language of the case: French
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Veronese Design Company Ltd (Kowloon, Hong Kong) (represented by: B. Lafont, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: V. Ruzek, acting as Agent)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Veronese SAS (Paris, France) (represented by: S. Herrburger, lawyer)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 18 June 2019 (Case R 2434/2018-5), relating to invalidity proceedings between Veronese and Veronese Design Company.
      
         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 18 June 2019 (Case R 2434/2018-5), relating to invalidity proceedings between Veronese SAS and Veronese Design Company Ltd;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders EUIPO to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Veronese Design Company;
               
            
                  3.
               
               
                  Orders Veronese to bear its own costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 372, 4.11.2019.