Case T-407/15: Judgment of the General Court of 20 October 2016 — Monster Energy v EUIPO — Hot-Can Intellectual Property (HotoGo self-heating can technology) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for an EU figurative mark HotoGo self-heating can technology — Earlier EU figurative marks representing claws — Relative grounds for refusal — No similarity of the signs — No likelihood of confusion — No connection between the signs — Article 8(1)(b) and (5) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

Kawża T-407/15: Sentenza tal-Qorti Ġenerali tal-20 ta’ Ottubru 2016 – Monster Energy vs EUIPO – Hot-Can Intellectual Property (HotoGo self-heating can technology) [“Trade mark tal-Unjoni Ewropea — Proċedimenti ta’ oppożizzjoni — Applikazzjoni għat-trade mark figurattiva tal-Unjoni Ewropea HotoGo self-heating can technology — Trade marks figurattivi tal-Unjoni Ewropea preċedenti li jirrappreżentaw dwiefer — Raġunijiet relattivi għal rifjut — Assenza ta’ xebh bejn is-sinjali — Assenza ta’ probabbiltà ta’ konfużjoni — Assenza ta’ konnessjoni bejn is-sinjali — Artikolu 8(1)(b) u (5) tar-Regolament (KE) Nru 207/2009”]

Kawża T-407/15: Sentenza tal-Qorti Ġenerali tal-20 ta’ Ottubru 2016 – Monster Energy vs EUIPO – Hot-Can Intellectual Property (HotoGo self-heating can technology) [“Trade mark tal-Unjoni Ewropea — Proċedimenti ta’ oppożizzjoni — Applikazzjoni għat-trade mark figurattiva tal-Unjoni Ewropea HotoGo self-heating can technology — Trade marks figurattivi tal-Unjoni Ewropea preċedenti li jirrappreżentaw dwiefer — Raġunijiet relattivi għal rifjut — Assenza ta’ xebh bejn is-sinjali — Assenza ta’ probabbiltà ta’ konfużjoni — Assenza ta’ konnessjoni bejn is-sinjali — Artikolu 8(1)(b) u (5) tar-Regolament (KE) Nru 207/2009”]

ĠU C 454, 5.12.2016, p. 24–24 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)