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15.6.2020 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 201/20 |
Judgment of the General Court of 29 April 2020 — Cimpress Schweiz v EUIPO — Impress Media (CIMPRESS)
(Case T-37/19) (1)
(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU word mark CIMPRESS - Earlier EU figurative mark impress - Earlier national word mark Impress-Media - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
(2020/C 201/29)
Language of the case: German
Parties
Applicant: Cimpress Schweiz GmbH (Winterthur, Switzerland) (represented by: C. Eckhartt, P. Böhner and A. von Mühlendahl, lawyers)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: A. Söder, acting as Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Impress Media GmbH (Mönchengladbach, Germany) (represented by: F. Remmertz, lawyer)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 30 October 2018 (Joined Cases R 1716/2017-2 and R 1786/2017-2) relating to opposition proceedings between Impress Media and Cimpress Schweiz.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Authorises Impress GmbH to replace Impress Media GmbH as intervener; |
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Dismisses the action; |
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Orders Cimpress Schweiz GmbH to bear its own costs and pay the costs incurred by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and Impress. |