CELEX: 62020TA0755
Language: en
Date: 2021-11-10 00:00:00
Title: Case T-755/20: Judgment of the General Court of 10 November 2021 — Nissan Motor v EUIPO — VDL Groep (VDL E-POWER) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU word mark VDL E-POWER — Earlier national figurative marks e-POWER — Relative ground for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Obligation to state reasons — Article 94(1) of Regulation 2017/1001)

3.1.2022   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 2/36
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 10 November 2021 — Nissan Motor v EUIPO — VDL Groep (VDL E-POWER)
      (Case T-755/20) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the EU word mark VDL E-POWER - Earlier national figurative marks e-POWER - Relative ground for refusal - No likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Obligation to state reasons - Article 94(1) of Regulation 2017/1001)
      (2022/C 2/49)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Nissan Motor Co. Ltd (Yokohama-shi, Japan) (represented by: P. Martini-Berthon, 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: VDL Groep BV (Eindhoven, Netherlands) (represented by: M. Rijks, lawyer)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 20 October 2020 (Case R 2914/2019-1), relating to opposition proceedings between Nissan Motor and VDL Groep.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders Nissan Motor Co. Ltd to bear its own costs and to pay those of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and of VDL Groep BV.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 53, 15.2.2021.