CELEX: 62017TA0788
Language: en
Date: 2018-10-17 00:00:00
Title: Case T-788/17: Judgment of the General Court of 17 October 2018 — Szabados v EUIPO — Sociedad Española de Neumología y Cirugía Torácica (Separ) (MicroSepar) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU word mark MicroSepar — Earlier EU figurative mark SeparSolidaria — 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))

3.12.2018   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 436/49
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 17 October 2018 — Szabados v EUIPO — Sociedad Española de Neumología y Cirugía Torácica (Separ) (MicroSepar)
      (Case T-788/17) (1)
      
      ((EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU word mark MicroSepar - Earlier EU figurative mark SeparSolidaria - 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)))
      (2018/C 436/69)
      Language of the case: German
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Andreas Szabados (Grünwald, Germany) (represented by: S. Wobst, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: D. Hanf and D. Walicka, acting as Agents)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Sociedad Española de Neumología y Cirugía Torácica (Separ) (Barcelona, Spain)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 21 September 2017 (Case R 2420/2016-1), relating to opposition proceedings between M. Andreas Szabados and Sociedad Española de Neumología y Cirugía Torácica.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders Mr Andreas Szabados to pay the costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 32, 29.1.2018.