CELEX: 62020TA0044
Language: en
Date: 2021-04-21 00:00:00
Title: Case T-44/20: Judgment of the General Court of 21 April 2021 — Chanel v EUIPO — Huawei Technologies (Representation of a circle containing two interlaced curves) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU figurative mark representing a circle containing two interlaced curves — Earlier national figurative mark representing two interrupted circles interlaced horizontally — Earlier national figurative mark representing a circle containing two interrupted circles interlaced horizontally — Relative grounds for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — No similarity between the signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — No damage to reputation — Article 8(5) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 8(5) of Regulation 2017/1001))

21.6.2021   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 242/34
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 21 April 2021 — Chanel v EUIPO — Huawei Technologies (Representation of a circle containing two interlaced curves)
      (Case T-44/20) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU figurative mark representing a circle containing two interlaced curves - Earlier national figurative mark representing two interrupted circles interlaced horizontally - Earlier national figurative mark representing a circle containing two interrupted circles interlaced horizontally - Relative grounds for refusal - No likelihood of confusion - No similarity between the signs - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) - No damage to reputation - Article 8(5) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 8(5) of Regulation 2017/1001))
      (2021/C 242/45)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Chanel (Neuilly sur-Seine, France) (represented by: J. Passa, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: J. Crespo Carrillo and V. Ruzek, acting as Agents)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd (Shenzhen, China) (represented by: M. Edenborough, QC)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 28 November 2019 (Case R 1041/2019-4), relating to opposition proceedings between Chanel and Huawei Technologies.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders Chanel to pay the costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 103, 30.3.2020.