CELEX: 62017TA0562
Language: en
Date: 2019-03-28 00:00:00
Title: Case T-562/17: Judgment of the General Court of 28 March 2019 — dm-drogerie markt v EUIPO — Albea Services (ALBÉA) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — International registration designating the European Union — Figurative mark ALBÉA — Earlier international registration designating the European Union — Word mark Balea — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the signs — Article 8(1)(b) ofRegulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))

20.5.2019   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 172/30
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 28 March 2019 — dm-drogerie markt v EUIPO — Albea Services (ALBÉA)
      (Case T-562/17) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - International registration designating the European Union - Figurative mark ALBÉA - Earlier international registration designating the European Union - Word mark Balea - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Similarity of the signs - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))
      (2019/C 172/42)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: dm-drogerie markt GmbH & Co. KG (Karlsruhe, Germany) (represented by: O. Bludovsky and C. Mellein, lawyers)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: M. Rajh and H. O’Neill, acting as Agents)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Albea Services (Gennevilliers, France) (represented by: J.-H. de Mitry, lawyer)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 25 May 2017 (Case R 1870/2016-1), relating to opposition proceedings between dm-drogerie markt and Albea Services.
      
         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 25 May 2017 (Case R 1870/2016-1);
                  
               
            
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                     Declares that the parties are to bear their own costs.
                  
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 338, 9.10.2017.