25.11.2019
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
C 399/56
Judgment of the General Court of 19 September 2019 — Showroom v EUIPO — E-Gab (SHOWROOM)
(Case T-679/18) (1)
(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the EU figurative mark SHOWROOM - Earlier EU figurative mark SHOWROOM86 - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
(2019/C 399/69)
Language of the case: Polish
Parties
Applicant: Showroom sp. z o.o. (Warsaw, Poland) (represented by: M. Janicka-Kapłon, lawyer)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: E. Śliwińska and J. Crespo Carrillo, acting as Agents)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: E-Gab NV (Ternat, Belgium)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 5 September 2018 (Case R 1834/2017-2), relating to opposition proceedings between E-Gab and Showroom.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1.
Dismisses the action;
2.
Orders Showroom sp. z o.o. to pay the costs.
(1) OJ C 25, 21.1.2019.
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