Judgment of the General Court of 22 September 2021 – Collibra v EUIPO – Dietrich (COLLIBRA and collibra)
(Case T-128/20 and T-129/20) 1
(EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Applications for the EU word mark COLLIBRA and figurative mark collibra – Earlier national word mark Kolibri – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 – Right to be heard – Second sentence of Article 94(1) of Regulation 2017/1001)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Collibra (Brussels, Belgium) (represented by: A. Renck, I. Junkar and A. Bothe, lawyers)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: H. O’Neill and V. Ruzek, acting as Agents)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Hans Dietrich (Starnberg, Germany) (represented by: T. Träger, lawyer)
Re:
TWO ACTIONS brought against two decisions of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 13 December 2019 (Cases R 737/2019-1 and R 738/2019-1), relating to opposition proceedings between Mr Dietrich and Collibra.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Joins Cases T-128/20 and T-129/20 for the purposes of the judgment;
Dismisses the actions;
Orders Collibra to pay the costs.
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1 OJ C 129, 20.4.2020.