Notices for publication in the OJ nº T-550/19 of Tribunal General de la Unión Europea, July 31, 2020

• Resolution Date: July 31, 2020
• Issuing Organization: Tribunal General de la Unión Europea
• Decision Number: T-550/19

Judgment of the General Court of 25 June 2020 - Nitto Pharmaceutical Industries v EUIPO - Chiesi Farmaceutici (NOSTER)

(Case T-550/19) ¹

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - International registration designating the European Union - Word mark NOSTER - Earlier EU word mark FOSTER - Relative ground for refusal - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Nitto Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (Kyoto, Japan) (represented by: P. Voutilainen, lawyer)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Chiesi Farmaceutici SpA (Parma, Italy) (represented by: C. de Callataÿ and T. de Haan, lawyers)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 13 May 2019 (Case R 2279/2018-5), relating to opposition proceedings between Chiesi Farmaceutici and Nitto Pharmaceutical Industries.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1. Dismisses the action;

2. Orders Nitto Pharmaceutical Industries...