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Document 62019TA0863
Case T-863/19: Judgment of the General Court of 16 December 2020 — Production Christian Gallimard v EUIPO — Éditions Gallimard (PCG CALLIGRAM CHRISTIAN GALLIMARD) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU word mark PCG CALLIGRAM CHRISTIAN GALLIMARD — Previous EU word marks GALLIMARD — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Conceptual comparison — Surnames — Independent distinctive role — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))
Case T-863/19: Judgment of the General Court of 16 December 2020 — Production Christian Gallimard v EUIPO — Éditions Gallimard (PCG CALLIGRAM CHRISTIAN GALLIMARD) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU word mark PCG CALLIGRAM CHRISTIAN GALLIMARD — Previous EU word marks GALLIMARD — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Conceptual comparison — Surnames — Independent distinctive role — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))
Case T-863/19: Judgment of the General Court of 16 December 2020 — Production Christian Gallimard v EUIPO — Éditions Gallimard (PCG CALLIGRAM CHRISTIAN GALLIMARD) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU word mark PCG CALLIGRAM CHRISTIAN GALLIMARD — Previous EU word marks GALLIMARD — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Conceptual comparison — Surnames — Independent distinctive role — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))
OJ C 53, 15.2.2021, p. 38–39
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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15.2.2021 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 53/38 |
Judgment of the General Court of 16 December 2020 — Production Christian Gallimard v EUIPO — Éditions Gallimard (PCG CALLIGRAM CHRISTIAN GALLIMARD)
(Case T-863/19) (1)
(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU word mark PCG CALLIGRAM CHRISTIAN GALLIMARD - Previous EU word marks GALLIMARD - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Conceptual comparison - Surnames - Independent distinctive role - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))
(2021/C 53/51)
Language of the case: French
Parties
Applicant: Production Christian Gallimard (Luxembourg, Luxembourg) (represented by: L. Dreyfuss-Bechmann, lawyer)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: V. Rusek, acting as Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Éditions Gallimard la nouvelle revue française éditions de la nouvelle revue française SA (Paris, France) (represented by: J.-A. Bénazéraf and Y. Diringer, lawyers)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 1 October 2019 (Case R-2316/2018-5) regarding opposition proceedings between Éditions Gallimard la nouvelle revue française éditions de la nouvelle revue française and Production Christian Gallimard.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Dismisses the action; |
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Orders Production Christian Gallimard to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO); |
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Orders Éditions Gallimard la nouvelle revue française éditions de la nouvelle revue française SA to bear its own costs. |