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Case T-441/16: Judgment of the General Court of 23 October 2017 — Tetra Pharm (1997) v EUIPO — Sebapharma (SeboCalm) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU word mark SeboCalm — Earlier EU word mark — 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))

OJ C 412, 4.12.2017, p. 27–28 (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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Case T-441/16: Judgment of the General Court of 23 October 2017 — Tetra Pharm (1997) v EUIPO — Sebapharma (SeboCalm) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU word mark SeboCalm — Earlier EU word mark — 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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Judgment of the General Court of 23 October 2017 — Tetra Pharm (1997) v EUIPO — Sebapharma (SeboCalm)

(Case T-441/16) ( 1 )

‛(EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU word mark SeboCalm — Earlier EU word mark — 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))’

2017/C 412/39Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Tetra Pharm (1997) Ltd (Tel Aviv, Israel) (represented by: A. Gorzkiewicz, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: H. O’Neill and D. Stoyanova-Valchanova, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Sebapharma GmbH & Co. KG (Boppard, Germany) (represented by: J. Wald and D. Koal, lawyers)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO dated 19 May 2016 (Case R 852/2015-1), relating to opposition proceedings between Sebapharma and Tetra Pharm (1997).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Dismisses the action.

2.

Orders Tetra Pharm (1997) Ltd to pay the costs.


( 1 ) OJ C 364, 3.10.2016.

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