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Case T-112/17: Judgment of the General Court of 12 September 2018 — Pelikan v EUIPO — NBA Properties (NEW ORLEANS PELICANS) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU figurative mark NEW ORLEANS PELICANS — Earlier EU word marks and earlier national figurative mark Pelikan — Article 8(1)(b) and Article 8(5) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) and Article 8(5) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

OJ C 381, 22.10.2018, p. 23–23 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

22.10.2018   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 381/23


Judgment of the General Court of 12 September 2018 — Pelikan v EUIPO — NBA Properties (NEW ORLEANS PELICANS)

(Case T-112/17) (1)

((EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU figurative mark NEW ORLEANS PELICANS - Earlier EU word marks and earlier national figurative mark Pelikan - Article 8(1)(b) and Article 8(5) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) and Article 8(5) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))

(2018/C 381/26)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Pelikan Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG (Hanover, Germany) (represented by: U. Hildebrandt, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: D. Gája and D. Walicka, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: NBA Properties, Inc. (New York, New York, United States) (represented initially by: M. Chapple, and subsequently by T. Elias, Barristers)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 16 December 2016 (Case R 408/2016-4), concerning opposition proceedings between Pelikan Vertriebsgesellschaft and NBA Properties.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Dismisses the action;

2.

Orders Pelikan Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG to pay the costs.


(1)  OJ C 129, 24.4.2017.


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