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Case T-36/17: Judgment of the General Court of 5 October 2017 — Forest Pharma v EUIPO — Ipsen Pharma (COLINEB) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU word mark COLINEB — Earlier national figurative mark Colina — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Extent of the examination to be carried out by the Board of Appeal — Article 76(1) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 95(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))

OJ C 392, 20.11.2017, p. 25–25 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

20.11.2017   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 392/25


Judgment of the General Court of 5 October 2017 — Forest Pharma v EUIPO — Ipsen Pharma (COLINEB)

(Case T-36/17) (1)

((EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU word mark COLINEB - Earlier national figurative mark Colina - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) - Extent of the examination to be carried out by the Board of Appeal - Article 76(1) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 95(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)))

(2017/C 392/31)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Forest Pharma BV (Amsterdam, Netherlands) (represented by: T. Holman, Solicitor)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: P. Sipos, acting as Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Ipsen Pharma SAS (Boulogne-Billancourt, France) (represented by: E. Baud, lawyer)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 13 October 2016 (Case R 500/2016-5), relating to opposition proceedings between Ipsen Pharma and Forest Pharma.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Dismisses the action;

2.

Orders Forest Pharma BV to bear its own costs and to pay the costs incurred by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO);

3.

Orders Ipsen Pharma SAS to bear its own costs.


(1)  OJ C 70, 6.3.2017.


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