CELEX: 62020TA0504
Language: en
Date: 2021-11-17 00:00:00
Title: Case T-504/20: Judgment of the General Court of 17 November 2021 — Soapland v EUIPO — Norma (Manòu) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU word mark Manòu — Earlier national and international word marks MANOU — 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) — Proof of genuine use of the earlier marks)

17.1.2022   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 24/30
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 17 November 2021 — Soapland v EUIPO — Norma (Manòu)
      (Case T-504/20) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the EU word mark Manòu - Earlier national and international word marks MANOU - 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) - Proof of genuine use of the earlier marks)
      (2022/C 24/38)
      Language of the case: German
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Soapland GmbH & Co. OHG (Andernach, Germany) (represented by: M. Gail, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: M. Fischer and A. Graul, acting as Agents)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Norma Lebensmittelfilialbetrieb Stiftung & Co. KG (Nuremberg, Germany)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 8 June 2020 (Case R 1504/2019-1), concerning opposition proceedings between Norma Lebensmittelfilialbetrieb Stiftung & Co. and Soapland GmbH & Co.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders Soapland GmbH & Co. OHG.to pay the costs
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 320, 28.9.2020.