Judgment of the General Court of 13 December 2017 — Laboratorios Ern v EUIPO — Ascendo Medienagentur (SLIMDYNAMICS)
(Case T-700/16) 1
(EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU figurative mark SLIMDYNAMICS — Earlier national word mark DYNAMIN — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the goods — 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: Laboratorios Ern, SA (Barcelona, Spain) (represented by: S. Correa Rodríguez, lawyer)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: J. Crespo Carrillo, acting as Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Ascendo Medienagentur AG (Gamprin-Bendern, Liechtenstein)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 22 July 2016 (Joined Cases R 1814/2015-4 and R 1780/2015-4) relating to opposition proceedings between Laboratorios Ern and Ascendo Medienagentur.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action;
Orders Laboratorios Ern, SA to pay the costs.
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1 OJ C 462, 12.12.2016.