CELEX: 62019TA0819
Language: en
Date: 2020-12-09 00:00:00
Title: Case T-819/19: Judgment of the General Court of 9 December 2020 — Man and Machine v EUIPO — Bim Freelance (bim ready) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — International registration designating the European Union — Figurative mark bim ready — Earlier EU figurative mark BIM freelance — Relative ground for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Restriction of the services covered by the mark applied for)

1.2.2021   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 35/47
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 9 December 2020 — Man and Machine v EUIPO — Bim Freelance (bim ready)
      (Case T-819/19) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - International registration designating the European Union - Figurative mark bim ready - Earlier EU figurative mark BIM freelance - Relative ground for refusal - No likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Restriction of the services covered by the mark applied for)
      (2021/C 35/61)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Man and Machine Ltd (Thame, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom) (represented by: R. Peto and C. Neu, lawyers)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: L. Rampini and V. Ruzek, acting as Agents)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Bim Freelance Corp. (Miami, Florida, United States)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 17 September 2019 (Case R 317/2019-1), relating to opposition proceedings between Bim Freelance and Man and Machine.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Annuls the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 17 September 2019 (Case R 317/2019-1);
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders EUIPO to pay the costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 27, 27.1.2020.