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Case T-359/20: Judgment of the General Court of 1 December 2021 — Team Beverage v EUIPO — Zurich Deutscher Herold Lebensversicherung (Team Beverage) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU word mark Team Beverage — Earlier EU word mark TEAM — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

OJ C 37, 24.1.2022, p. 28–28 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

24.1.2022   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 37/28


Judgment of the General Court of 1 December 2021 — Team Beverage v EUIPO — Zurich Deutscher Herold Lebensversicherung (Team Beverage)

(Case T-359/20) (1)

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU word mark Team Beverage - Earlier EU word mark TEAM - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

(2022/C 37/37)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: Team Beverage AG (Bremen, Germany) (represented by: O. Spieker, A. Schönfleisch, N. Willich and N. Achilles, lawyers)

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

Other party the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Zurich Deutscher Herold Lebensversicherung AG (Bonn, Germany) (represented: F. Kramer, lawyer)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 8 April 2020 (Case R 2727/2019-4), relating to opposition proceedings between Zurich Deutscher Herold Lebensversicherung and Team Beverage.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Dismisses the action;

2.

Orders Team Beverage AG to pay the costs.


(1)  OJ C 255, 3.8.2020.


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