Notices for publication in the OJ nº T-739/16 of Tribunal General de la Unión Europea, July 20, 2018

• Resolution Date: July 20, 2018
• Issuing Organization: Tribunal General de la Unión Europea
• Decision Number: T-739/16

Judgment of the General Court of 26 June 2018 -Akant Monika i Zbigniew Harasym v EUIPO - Hunter Douglas Holding (COSIMO)

(Case T-739/16) ¹

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU word mark COSIMO - Earlier EU word mark COSIFLOR - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) - Proof of genuine use of the earlier mark - Article 42(2) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 47(2) of Regulation 2017/1001))

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Akant Monika i Zbigniew Harasym sp.j. (Koszalin, Poland) (represented by: M. Krekora, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: D. Walicka, acting as Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Hunter Douglas Holding GmbH & Co. KG (Düsseldorf, Germany) (represented by: M. Sonntag, lawyer)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 22 August 2016 (Case R 2364/2015-2), relating to opposition proceedings between Hunter Douglas Holding and Akant...