15.1.2018
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
C 13/14
Judgment of the General Court of 20 November 2017 — Cotécnica v EUIPO — Visán Industrias Zootécnicas (cotecnica OPTIMA)
(Case T-465/16) (1)
((EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU figurative mark cotecnica OPTIMA - Earlier EU figurative mark visán Optima PREMIUM PETFOOD - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 [now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001]))
(2018/C 013/24)
Language of the case: Spanish
Parties
Applicant: Cotécnica, SCCL (Bellpuig, Spain) (represented by: J.-B. Devaureix, J. Erdozain López and J. Galán López, lawyers)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: S. Palmero Cabezas and J. Crespo Carrillo, acting as Agents)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Visán Industrias Zootécnicas, SL (Arganda, Spain) (represented by: P. Alesci Naranjo, lawyer)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 13 June 2016 (Case R 229/2016-2), relating to opposition proceedings between Visán Industrias Zootécnicas and Cotécnica.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1.
Dismisses the action;
2.
Orders Cotécnica, SCCL to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO);
3.
Orders Visán Industrias Zootécnicas, SL to bear its own costs.
(1) OJ C 371, 10.10.2016.