9.9.2019
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
C 305/53
Judgment of the General Court of 12 July 2019 — v EUIPO — Droujestvo S Ogranichena Otgovornost ‘Rezon’
(Case T-412/18) (1)
(EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU figurative mark - Earlier national figurative mark mobile - Genuine use of the earlier mark - Article 18 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation 2017/1001)
(2019/C 305/63)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: GmbH (Dreilinden, Germany) (represented by: T. Lührig, lawyer)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: J. Crespo Carrillo and H. O’Neill, acting as Agents)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Droujestvo S Ogranichena Otgovornost ‘Rezon’ (Sofia, Bulgaria) (represented by: M. Yordanova-Harizanova and V. Grigorova, lawyers)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 29 March 2018 (Case R 111/2015-1), relating to invalidity proceedings between Droujestvo S Ogranichena Otgovornost ‘Rezon’ and .
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1.
Dismisses the action;
2.
Orders GmbH to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and by Droujestvo S Ogranichena Otgovornost ‘Rezon’.
(1) OJ C 294, 20.8.2018.