Case T-221/17: Judgment of the General Court of 24 April 2018 — Mémora Servicios Funerarios v EUIPO — Chatenoud (MEMORAME) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU word mark MEMORAME — Earlier EU figurative mark mémora and earlier national word marks MÉMORA — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the goods and services — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))
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Judgment of the General Court of 24 April 2018 — Mémora Servicios Funerarios v EUIPO — Chatenoud (MEMORAME)
(Case T-221/17) ( 1 )
‛(EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU word mark MEMORAME — Earlier EU figurative mark mémora and earlier national word marks MÉMORA — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the goods and services — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))’2018/C 200/53Language of the case: Spanish
Parties
Applicant: Mémora Servicios Funerarios SLU (Zaragoza, Spain) (represented by: C. Marí Aguilar and J. Gallego Jiménez, lawyers)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: J. Crespo Carrillo, acting as Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Georges Chatenoud (Thiviers, France)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 10 February 2017 (Case R 1308/2016-4), relating to opposition proceedings between Mémora Servicios Funerarios and Mr Chatenoud.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1.
Dismisses the action;
2.
Orders Mémora Servicios Funerarios SLU to pay the costs.
( 1 ) OJ C 239, 24.7.2017.
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