25.11.2019
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
C 399/57
Judgment of the General Court of 19 September 2019 — La Caixa v EUIPO — Imagic Vision (imagin bank)
(Case T-761/18) (1)
(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU figurative mark imagin bank - Earlier national figurative mark imagic - Relative ground for refusal - No likelihood of confusion - No similarity between the signs - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
(2019/C 399/70)
Language of the case: Spanish
Parties
Applicant: Fundación bancaria caixa d’estalvis i pensions de Barcelona La Caixa (Palma de Mallorca, Spain) (represented by: I. Valdelomar Serrano, P. Román Maestre, D. Liern Cendrero, D. Gabarre Armengol and J.L. Rodríguez-Fuensalida, lawyers)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: H. O’Neill, acting as Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Imagic Vision, SL (Madrid, Spain)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 22 October 2018 (Case R 1954/2017-4), relating to opposition proceedings between Imagic Vision and Fundación bancaria caixa d’estalvis i pensions de Barcelona La Caixa.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1.
Annuls the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 22 October 2018 (Case R 1954/2017-4);
2.
Orders EUIPO to bear its own costs and the costs incurred by Fundación bancaria caixa d’estalvis i pensions de Barcelona La Caixa.
(1) OJ C 72, 25.2.2019.
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