6.11.2017 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 374/28 |
Judgment of the General Court of 20 September 2017 — Jordi Nogues v EUIPO — Grupo Osborne (BADTORO)
(Case T-386/15) (1)
((EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU figurative mark BADTORO - Earlier EU figurative and word marks TORO - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Similarity of the signs - Similarity of the goods and services - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Suspension of the administrative procedure - Rule 20(7)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 2868/95))
(2017/C 374/41)
Language of the case: Spanish
Parties
Applicant: Jordi Nogues, SL (Barcelona, Spain) (represented by: M. J. Sanmartín Sanmartín and E. López Parés, lawyers)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by J. Crespo Carrillo, acting as Agents)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Grupo Osborne, SA (El Puerto de Santa María, Spain) (represented by: J. M. Iglesias Monravá, lawyer)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 17 April 2015 (Case R 2570/2013-2) relating to opposition proceedings between Grupo Osborne and Jordi Nogues.
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 17 April 2013 (R 2570/2013-2); |
2. |
Orders EUIPO to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Jordi Nogues, SL; |
3. |
Orders Grupo Osborne, SA to bear its own costs. |