CELEX: 62019TA0860
Language: en
Date: 2020-12-16 00:00:00
Title: Case T-860/19: Judgment of the General Court of 16 December 2020 — Alkemie Group v EUIPO — Mann & Schröder (ALKEMIE) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU figurative mark ALKEMIE — Earlier EU word mark Alkmene — 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))

15.2.2021   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 53/38
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 16 December 2020 — Alkemie Group v EUIPO — Mann & Schröder (ALKEMIE)
      (Case T-860/19) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU figurative mark ALKEMIE - Earlier EU word mark Alkmene - 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))
      (2021/C 53/50)
      Language of the case: Polish
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Alkemie Group sp. z o.o. (Gdynia, Poland) (represented by: A. Korbela, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: D. Walicka, acting as Agent)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Mann & Schröder GmbH (Siegelsbach, Germany)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 16 September 2019 (Case R 2231/2018-2) regarding opposition proceedings between Mann & Schröder and Alkemie Group.
      
         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 16 September 2019 (Case R 2231/2018-2) to the extent that it dismissed Alkemie Group sp. z o.o’s action in respect of ‘dietary aids’ in Class 5;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action for the remainder;
               
            
                  3.
               
               
                  Orders each party to bear its own costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 54, 17.2.2020.