Notices for publication in the OJ nº T-473/15 of The General Court, April 21, 2017

• Resolution Date: April 21, 2017
• Issuing Organization: The General Court
• Decision Number: T-473/15

Judgment of the General Court of 16 March 2017 - Capella v EUIPO - Abus (APUS)

(Case T-473/15) ¹

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the EU word mark APUS - Earlier national word mark ABUS - Relative ground for refusal - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Likelihood of confusion - Successive restrictions of the trade mark application before the Board of Appeal - Article 43(1) of Regulation No 207/2009 - Competence of the Board of Appeal - Article 64(1) of Regulation No 207/2009 - Right to be heard - Article 75, second sentence, of Regulation No 207/2009 - Rule 13(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2868/95)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: Capella EOOD (Sofia, Bulgaria) (represented by: F. Henkel, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: S. Hanne, Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Abus August Bremicker Söhne KG (Wetter, Germany) (represented by: G. Hallwachs, lawyer)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 2 June 2015 (Case R 117/2014-4), relating to opposition proceedings between Abus August Bremicker Söhne and Capella.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1. Annuls the decision of the...