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Case T-6/20: Judgment of the General Court of 21 December 2021 — Dr. Spiller v EUIPO — Rausch (Alpenrausch Dr. Spiller) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU word mark Alpenrausch Dr. Spiller — Earlier EU word mark RAUSCH — 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))

OJ C 95, 28.2.2022, p. 28–28 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
OJ C 95, 28.2.2022, p. 10–10 (GA)

28.2.2022   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 95/28


Judgment of the General Court of 21 December 2021 — Dr. Spiller v EUIPO — Rausch (Alpenrausch Dr. Spiller)

(Case T-6/20) (1)

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU word mark Alpenrausch Dr. Spiller - Earlier EU word mark RAUSCH - 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))

(2022/C 95/37)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: Dr. Spiller GmbH (Siegsdorf, Germany) (represented by: J. Stock and M. Geitz, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: M. Eberl, J. Schäfer, A. Söder and D. Walicka, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Rausch AG Kreuzlingen (Kreuzlingen, Switzerland) (represented by: F. Stangl and S. Pilgram, lawyers)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 8 October 2019 (Case R 2206/2015-1), relating to opposition proceedings between Rausch Kreuzlingen and Dr. Spiller.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Dismisses the action;

2.

Orders Dr. Spiller GmbH to pay the costs.


(1)  OJ C 68, 2.3.2020.


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