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(Case T-261/17) (*)
((EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU figurative mark SALOSPIR - Earlier EU figurative marks representing coloured stripes and earlier national marks Aspirin - Relative grounds for refusal - Similarity of the signs - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) - Reputation - Article 8(5) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 8(5) of Regulation 2017/1001) - Use of a sign of more than mere local significance in the course of trade - Article 8(4) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 8(4) of Regulation 2017/1001)))
(2018/C 445/22)
Language of the case: English
Applicant: Bayer AG (Leverkusen, Germany) (represented by: V. von Bomhard and J. Fuhrmann, lawyers)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: A. Folliard-Monguiral, S. Pétrequin and D. Walicka, acting as Agents)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Uni-Pharma Kleon Tsetis, Farmakeutika Ergastiria AVEE (Kifisia, Greece) (represented by: C. Chrysanthis, P.-V. Chardalia and A. Vasilogamvrou, lawyers)
Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 17 February 2017 (Case R 2444/2017-4), relating to opposition proceedings between Bayer and Uni-Pharma Kleon Tsetis, Farmakeutika Ergastiria.
The Court:
1.Dismisses the action;
2.Orders Bayer AG to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and by Uni-Pharma Kleon Tsetis, Farmakeutika Ergastiria AVEE in the proceedings before the General Court.
(*) Language of the case: English.
(1) OJ C 221, 10.7.2017.
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(2018/C 445/22)