Judgment of the General Court of 15 September 2021 – Celler Lagravera v EUIPO – Cyclic Beer Farm (Cíclic)

(Case T-673/20) ¹

(EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for EU figurative mark Cíclic – Earlier EU word mark CYCLIC – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

Language of the case: Spanish

Parties

Applicant: Celler Lagravera, SLU (Alfarràs, Spain) (represented by: J. Rivas Zurdo, lawyer)

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: Cyclic Beer Farm, SL (Barcelona, Spain)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 18 August 2020 (Case R 465/2020-5) relating to opposition proceedings between Cyclic Beer Farm and Celler Lagravera.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.    Dismisses the action;

2.    Orders Celler Lagravera, SLU to pay the costs.

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¹     OJ C 19, 18.1.2021.