CELEX: 62017TA0435
Language: en
Date: 2018-09-25 00:00:00
Title: Case T-435/17: Judgment of the General Court of 25 September 2018 — Grendene v EUIPO — Hipanema (HIPANEMA) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — International registration designating the European Union — Figurative mark HIPANEMA — Earlier figurative EU and national trade marks Ipanema and iPANEMA — Relative ground for refusal — No similarity between the goods — Aesthetically complementary nature — No likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))

26.11.2018   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 427/56
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 25 September 2018 — Grendene v EUIPO — Hipanema (HIPANEMA)
      (Case T-435/17) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - International registration designating the European Union - Figurative mark HIPANEMA - Earlier figurative EU and national trade marks Ipanema and iPANEMA - Relative ground for refusal - No similarity between the goods - Aesthetically complementary nature - No likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))
      (2018/C 427/72)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Grendene, SA (Sobral, Brazil) (represented by: J.L. de Castro Hermida, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) (represented by: V. Ruzek, acting as Agent)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intevener before the General Court: Hipanema (Paris, France) (represented by: M. Witukiewicz Sebban, lawyer)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 20 January 2017 (Case R 629/2016-2), relating to opposition proceedings between Grendene and Hipanema.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders Grendene, SA, to pay the costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 283, 28.8.2017.