Judgment of the General Court of 28 September 2016 — Kozmetika Afrodita v EUIPO — Núñez Martín and Machado Montesinos (AFRODITA COSMETICS)
(Case T-575/15) 1
(EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU figurative mark AFRODITA COSMETICS — Earlier national word mark EXOTIC AFRODITA MYSTIC MUSK OIL and earlier national figurative mark AFRODITA MYSTIC MUSK OIL — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Language of the case: Slovenian
Parties
Applicant: Kozmetika Afrodita d.o.o. (Rogaška Slatina, Slovenia) (represented by: B. Grešak, lawyer)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: M. Rajh, acting as Agent)
Other parties to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Pedro Núñez Martín (Madrid, Spain) and Carmen Guillermina Machado Montesinos (Madrid)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 28 July 2015 (case R 2578/2014-4) relating to opposition proceedings between, on the one hand, Mr Núñez Martín and Ms Machado Montesinos and, on the other, Kozmetika Afrodita.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Dismisses the action;
2. Orders Kozmetika Afrodita d.o.o. to pay the costs.
____________1 OJ C 406, 7.12.2015.