27.2.2023

Official Journal of the European Union

C 71/19

(Case T-250/19) (*)

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU word mark TRADICIÓN CZ, S.L. - Earlier EU word mark RIVERO CZ - 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))

(2023/C 71/23)

Language of the case: Spanish

Parties

Applicant: Tradición CZ, SL (Jerez de la Frontera, Spain) (represented by: M. Aznar Alonso, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: S. Palmero Cabezas and D. Gája, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: María Dolores Rivero Argudo (Jerez de la Frontera, Spain) (represented by: A. Vela Ballesteros, lawyer)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the partial annulment of the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 4 February 2019 (Case R 257/2018-2).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.Annuls the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office of 4 February 2019 (Case R 257/2018-2) in so far as it concerns ‘wholesale and retail services in shops and via global computer networks related to vinegar’ in Class 35 of the Nice Agreement of 15 June 1957 concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks, as revised and amended;

2.Dismisses the action as to the remainder;

3.Orders Tradición CZ, SL, the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and Ms María Dolores Rivero Argudo each to bear their own costs.

(*)

Language of the case: Spanish.

(1) OJ C 187, 3.6.2019.