Judgment of the General Court of 23 May 2019 – Dentsply De Trey v EUIPO – IDS (AQUAPRINT)

(Case T-312/18) ¹

(EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU word mark AQUAPRINT — Earlier national word marks AQUACEM and national unregistered marks AQUACEM and AQUASIL — Relative grounds for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Use in the course of trade of a sign of more than mere local significance — Article 8(4) of Regulation 2017/1001 — Action for passing off — No misrepresentation)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Dentsply De Trey GmbH (Konstanz, Germany) (represented by: S. Clark, Solicitor)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: G. Sakalaite-Orlovskiene, J. Ivanauskas and H. O’Neill, Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: IDS SpA (Savone, Italy) (represented by: M. Andreolini and F. Andreolini, lawyers)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 26 February 2018 (Case R 1438/2017-2), relating to opposition proceedings between Dentsply De Trey and IDS

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.    Dismisses the action;

2.    Orders Dentsply De Trey GmbH to pay the costs.

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¹     OJ C 240, 9.7.2018