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Document 62020TJ0112
Judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 20 October 2021.
Intis d.o.o. v European Union Intellectual Property Office.
EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU word mark TELEVEND – Earlier EU word mark TELEVES – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001).
Case T-112/20.
Judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 20 October 2021.
Intis d.o.o. v European Union Intellectual Property Office.
EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU word mark TELEVEND – Earlier EU word mark TELEVES – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001).
Case T-112/20.
ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:T:2021:710
Judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 20 October 2021 –
Intis v EUIPO – Televes (TELEVEND)
(Case T‑112/20)
(EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU word mark TELEVEND – Earlier EU word mark TELEVES – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))
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EU trade mark – Surrender, revocation and invalidity – Relative grounds for invalidity – Existence of an identical or similar earlier mark registered for identical or similar goods or services – Likelihood of confusion with the earlier mark – Criteria for assessment (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Arts 8(1)(b), and 53(1)(a)) (see paras 19, 64) |
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EU trade mark – Surrender, revocation and invalidity – Relative grounds for invalidity – Existence of an identical or similar earlier mark registered for identical or similar goods or services – Likelihood of confusion with the earlier mark – Assessment of the likelihood of confusion – Determination of the relevant public – Attention level of the public (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Arts 8(1)(b), and 53(1)(a)) (see para. 20) |
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EU trade mark – Surrender, revocation and invalidity – Relative grounds for invalidity – Existence of an identical or similar earlier mark registered for identical or similar goods or services – Similarity between the goods or services in question – Criteria for assessment (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Arts 8(1)(b), and 53(1)(a)) (see paras 27, 36) |
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EU trade mark – Surrender, revocation and invalidity – Relative grounds for invalidity – Existence of an identical or similar earlier mark registered for identical or similar goods or services – Similarity of the marks concerned – Criteria for assessment – Composite mark (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Arts 8(1)(b), and 53(1)(a)) (see paras 47, 52, 53) |
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EU trade mark – Surrender, revocation and invalidity – Relative grounds for invalidity – Existence of an identical or similar earlier mark registered for identical or similar goods or services – Likelihood of confusion with the earlier mark – Word marks TELEVEND and TELEVES (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Arts 8(1)(b), and 53(1)(a)) (see paras 68, 70) |
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EU trade mark – Surrender, revocation and invalidity – Relative grounds for invalidity – Existence of an identical or similar earlier mark registered for identical or similar goods or services – Likelihood of confusion with the earlier mark – Weighing elements of similarity or difference between the signs – Objective marketing considerations to be taken into account (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Arts 8(1)(b), and 53(1)(a)) (see para. 69) |
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 12 December 2019 (Case R 1923/2019-5), relating to invalidity proceedings between Televes and Intis.
Operative part
The Court:
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Dismisses the action; |
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Orders Intis d.o.o. to pay the costs. |