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(Case T-852/19) (*)
(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - International registration designating the European Union - Figurative mark ALBÉA - Earlier international registration designating the European Union - Word mark Balea - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Distinctiveness of the earlier international registration designating the European Union - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))
(2021/C 452/23)
Language of the case: English
Applicant: Albéa Services (Gennevilliers, France) (represented by: J.-H. de Mitry, lawyer)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: J. Crespo Carrillo and V. Ruzek, acting as Agents)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: dm-drogerie markt GmbH & Co. KG (Karlsruhe, Germany) (represented by: O. Bludovsky, lawyer)
Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 23 September 2019 (Case R 1480/2019-2), relating to opposition proceedings between dm-drogerie markt and Albéa Services.
The Court:
1.Annuls the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 23 September 2019 (Case R 1480/2019-2) to the extent that it annulled the decision of the Opposition Division, except in so far as it annulled the decision of the Opposition Division as regards ‘cosmetics’ in Class 3;
2.Dismisses the remainder of the action;
3.Orders EUIPO to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Albéa Services;
4.Orders dm-drogerie markt GmbH & Co. KG to bear its own costs.
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Language of the case: English
OJ C 68, 2.3.2020.
ECLI:EU:C:2021:140