Judgment of the General Court of 11 April 2019 — Užstato sistemos administratorius v EUIPO — DPG Deutsche Pfandsystem (Representation of a bottle with an arrow)
(Case T-477/18) 1
(EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for an EU figurative mark representing a bottle and an arrow — Earlier EU figurative mark representing a can, a bottle and an arrow — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Užstato sistemos administratorius VŠĮ (Vilnius, Lithuania) (represented by: I. Lukauskienė, lawyer)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: P. Sipos and H. O’Neill, acting as Agents)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: DPG Deutsche Pfandsystem GmbH (Berlin, Germany)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 22 May 2018 (Case R 2203/2017-2), relating to opposition proceedings between DPG Deutsche Pfandsystem and Užstato sistemos administratorius.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Dismisses the action;
2. Orders Užstato sistemos administratorius VšĮ to pay the costs.
____________
1 OJ C 341, 24.9.2018.