Judgment of the General Court of 13 July 2018 — Cyprus v EUIPO — Papouis Dairies (Pallas Halloumi)
(Case T-825/16) 1
(EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU figurative mark Pallas Halloumi — Prior United Kingdom word certification mark HALLOUMI — Relative ground for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Republic of Cyprus (represented by: S. Malynicz, QC, and V. Marsland, Solicitor)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: D. Gája, acting as Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Papouis Dairies Ltd (Nicosia, Cyprus) (represented by: N. Korogiannakis, lawyer)
Re:
Action brought against an appeal brought before the Fourth Chamber of the Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 22 September 2016 (Case R 2065/2014-4), relating to opposition proceedings between the Republic of Cyprus and Papouis Dairies.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action;
Orders the Republic of Cyprus to pay the costs.
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1 OJ C 22, 23.1.2017.