Дело T-***/**: *****************, Съдебно решение от **.**.2020 г.

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... round 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) – Principle of sound administration – Equal treatment – Obligation to state reasons)

In Case T‑310/19,

BRF Singapore Foods Pte Ltd, established in Singapore (Singapore), represented by C. Mateu, lawyer,

applicant,

v

European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), represented by L. Lapinskaite, J. Crespo Carrillo and V. Ruzek, acting as Agents,

defendant,

the other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court, being

Tipiak, established in Saint-Aignan de Grand-Lieu (France), represented by M. Antoine-Lalance and M. Aïtelli, lawyers,

ACTION brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 19 March 2019 (Case R 1857/2018-4), relating to opposition proceedings between Tipiak and BRF Singapore Foods,

THE GENERAL COURT (Sixth Chamber),

composed of A. Marcoulli, President, S. Frimodt Nielsen (Rapporteur) and J. Schwarcz, Judges,

Registrar: A. Juhász-Tóth, Administrator,

having regard to the application lodged at the Court Registry on 20 May 2019,

having regard to the response of EUIPO lodged at the Court Registry on 6 September 2019,

having regard to the response of the intervener lodged at the Court Registry on 10 September 2019,

further to the hearing on 18 June 2020,

gives the following

Judgment

I. Background to the dispute

1. On 22 August 2013, the predecessor in title to the applicant, BRF Singapore Foods Pte Ltd, filed an application for registration of an EU trade ...