Judgment of the General Court of 3 October 2018 — Unipreus v EUIPO — Wallapop (wallapop)

(Case T-186/17) (1)

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU figurative mark wallapop - Prior national figurative mark wala w - 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) - Similarity of the services)

(2018/C 427/68)

Language of the case: Spanish

Parties

Applicant: Unipreus, SL (Lleida, Spain) (represented by: C. Rivadulla Oliva, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) (represented by: D. Bernabeu, D. Gája and J. Crespo Carrillo, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Wallpop, SL, (Barcelona, Spain) (represented by: X. Fàbrega Sabaté and J. Sánchez Sánchez-Crespo, lawyers)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 18 January 2017 (Case R 2350/2015-5) concerning opposition proceedings between Unipreus and Wallapop.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.	Annuls the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 18 January 2017, in so far as it found that the services at issue in Case R 2350/2015-5 were different;

2.	Dismisses the action as to the remainder;

3.	Orders EUIPO to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Unipreus, SL;

4.	Orders Wallapop, SL, to bear its own costs.

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(1)  OJ C 161, 22.5.2017.