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(Case T-436/20) (*)
(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU word mark Sedus ergo+ - Earlier national and international word marks ERGOPLUS - Relative ground for refusal - No likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))
(2021/C 490/43)
Language of the case: German
Applicant: Sedus Stoll AG (Dogern, Germany) (represented by: M. Goldmann and J. Thomsen, lawyers)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: M. Fischer, D. Hanf and M. Eberl, acting as Agents)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Wolfgang Kappes (Bochum, Germany) (represented by: J. Schneiders, N. Gottschalk and B. Schneiders, lawyers)
Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 12 March 2020 (Case R 2194/2018-1), relating to opposition proceedings between Mr Kappes and Sedus Stoll.
The Court:
1.Annuls the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 12 March 2020 (Case R 2194/2018-1);
2.Dismisses the action as to the remainder;
3.Orders EUIPO to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Sedus Stoll AG for the purposes of the proceedings before the General Court;
4.Orders Wolfgang Kappes to bear his own costs and to pay the expenses necessarily incurred by Sedus Stoll for the purposes of the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO.
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(*) Language of the case: German.