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Document 62020TA0505

Case T-505/20: Judgment of the General Court of 6 October 2021 — Guo v EUIPO — Sand Cph (sandriver) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU figurative mark sandriver — Earlier EU word mark SAND — 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 481, 29.11.2021, p. 26–27 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

29.11.2021   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 481/26


Judgment of the General Court of 6 October 2021 — Guo v EUIPO — Sand Cph (sandriver)

(Case T-505/20) (1)

(EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU figurative mark sandriver - Earlier EU word mark SAND - 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))

(2021/C 481/37)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Xiuling Guo (Shanghai, China) (represented by: L. Le Stanc, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: J. Mrozowski, A. Folliard-Monguiral and V. Ruzek, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Sand Cph A/S (Copenhagen, Denmark)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 2 June 2020 (Case R 2019/2019-2) relating to invalidity proceedings between Sand Cph and Ms Guo.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Dismisses the action;

2.

Orders Ms Xiuling Guo to pay the costs.


(1)  OJ C 320, 28.9.2020.


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