Judgment of the General Court of 26 March 2020 — Alcar Aktiebolag v EUIPO — Alcar Holding (alcar.se)

(Case T-77/19) (1)

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU figurative mark alcar.se - Earlier EU word mark ALCAR - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

(2020/C 175/21)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Alcar Aktiebolag (Bromma, Sweden) (represented by: M. Ateva, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: D. Gája, acting as Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Alcar Holding GmbH (Vienna, Austria) (represented by: C. Onken, lawyer)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 14 November 2018 (Case R 378/2018-1) relating to opposition proceedings between Alcar Holding and Alcar Aktiebolag.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.	Dismisses the action;

2.	Orders Alcar Aktiebolag to pay the costs.

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(1)  OJ C 131, 8.4.2019.