CELEX: 62018TA0724
Language: en
Date: 2020-05-28 00:00:00
Title: Case T-724/18 and T-184/19: Judgment of the General Court of 28 May 2020 — Aurea Biolabs v EUIPO — Avizel (AUREA BIOLABS) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU figurative mark AUREA BIOLABS — Earlier EU word mark AUREA — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of goods — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Correction of the Board of Appeal’s decision — Article 102 of Regulation 2017/1001)

13.7.2020   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 230/29
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 28 May 2020 — Aurea Biolabs v EUIPO — Avizel (AUREA BIOLABS)
      (Case T-724/18 and T-184/19) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU figurative mark AUREA BIOLABS - Earlier EU word mark AUREA - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Similarity of goods - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Correction of the Board of Appeal’s decision - Article 102 of Regulation 2017/1001)
      (2020/C 230/36)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Aurea Biolabs Pte Ltd (Cochin, India) (represented by: B. Brandreth QC and L. Oommen, Solicitor)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: K. Kompari, H. O’Neill and V. Ruzek, acting as Agents)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Avizel SA (Luxembourg, Luxembourg) (represented by: C. De Keersmaeker and W.-J. Cosemans, lawyers)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought, in Case T-724/18, against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 11 September 2018 (Case R 814/2018-2), relating to opposition proceedings between Avizel and Aurea Biolabs, and, in Case T-184/19, action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 29 January 2019 (Case R 814/2018-2 (CORR)), correcting the decision of 11 September 2018.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Joins Cases T-724/18 and T-184/19 for the purposes of the judgment;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Dismisses the actions;
               
            
                  3.
               
               
                  Orders Aurea Biolabs Pte Ltd, the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and Avizel SA to bear their own costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 54, 11.2.2019.