Judgment of the General Court of 14 December 2018 — TDH Group v EUIPO — Comercial de Servicios Agrigán (Pet Cuisine)

(Case T-46/17) ¹

(EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — International registration designating the European Union — Figurative mark Pet Cuisine — Earlier EU figurative mark The Pet CUISINE alimento para mascotas felices Genial — 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))

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: TDH Group (Brussels, Belgium) (represented by: D. Chen, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: M. Rajh, acting as Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Comercial de Servicios Agrigán, SA (Huesca, Spain)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 10 November 2016 (Case R 685/2016 2), relating to opposition proceedings between Comercial de Servicios Agrigán and TDH Group.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.    Dismisses the action;

2.    Orders TDH Group to pay the costs.

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¹     OJ C 78, 13.3.2017.