Judgment of the General Court of 6 February 2020 — Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals v EUIPO — Dalmat (LaTV3D)

(Case T-135/19) (1)

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU word mark LaTV3D - Earlier national word mark TV3 - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Similarity of the services - Similarity of the signs - Distinctive character - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

(2020/C 95/35)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals, SA (Barcelona, Spain) (represented by: J. Erdozain López, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: H. O’Neill, acting as Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Stéphane Dalmat (Paris, France)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 13 December 2018 (Case R 874/2018-2), relating to opposition proceedings between Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals and Mr Dalmat.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Annuls the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 13 December 2018 (Case R 874/2018-2) in so far as it ruled out the existence of a likelihood of confusion in relation to the services other than ‘translation and interpretation’ services in Class 41 of the Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks of 15 June 1957, as revised and amended;

2.	Dismisses the action as to the remainder;

3.	Orders each party to bear its own costs.

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(1)  OJ C 148, 29.4.2019.