CELEX: 62019TA0693
Language: en
Date: 2021-03-10 00:00:00
Title: Case T-693/19: Judgment of the General Court of 10 March 2021 — Kerry Luxembourg v EUIPO — Ornua (KERRYMAID) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU word mark KERRYMAID — Earlier EU figurative mark Kerrygold — Relative ground for refusal — Geographical name — Dominant element — Peaceful coexistence — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Application of the law ratione temporis)

3.5.2021   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 163/24
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 10 March 2021 — Kerry Luxembourg v EUIPO — Ornua (KERRYMAID)
      (Case T-693/19) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU word mark KERRYMAID - Earlier EU figurative mark Kerrygold - Relative ground for refusal - Geographical name - Dominant element - Peaceful coexistence - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Application of the law ratione temporis)
      (2021/C 163/30)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Kerry Luxembourg Sàrl (Luxembourg, Luxembourg) (represented by: F. Traub, lawyer, and I. Connor, Solicitor)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: H. O’Neill and S. Hanne, acting as Agents)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Ornua Co-operative Ltd (Dublin, Ireland) (represented by: E. Armijo Chávarri and A. Sanz Cerralbo, lawyers)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 23 July 2019 (Case R 2473/2013-5), relating to opposition proceedings between Kerry Luxembourg and Ornua.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders Kerry Luxembourg Sàrl to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and by Ornua Co-operative Ltd.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 413, 9.12.2019.