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(Case T-149/19) (*)
(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for an EU figurative mark representing the shape of a human figure on an escutcheon - EU figurative mark representing the shape of a human figure - Relative ground for refusal - No likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Power to alter decisions)
(2020/C 10/45)
Language of the case: English
Applicant: Société des produits Nestlé SA (Vevey, Switzerland) (represented by: A. Jaeger Lenz, A. Lambrecht and C. Elkemann, lawyers)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: M. Capostagno and H. O’Neill, Agents)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Jumbo Africa, SL (L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain)
Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 30 November 2018 (Case R 876/2018-2) relating to opposition proceedings between Jumbo Africa and Société des produits Nestlé.
The Court:
1.Annuls the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 30 November 2018 (Case R 876/2018-2);
2.Dismisses the appeal brought before EUIPO by Jumbo Africa, SL;
3.Orders EUIPO to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Société des produits Nestlé SA for the purposes of the proceedings before the General Court;
4.Orders Jumbo Africa to pay the cost necessarily incurred by Société des produits Nestlé for the purposes of the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO;
5.Dismisses the action as to the remainder.
(*) Language of the case: English.