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Document 62018TA0079

Case T-79/18: Judgment of the General Court of 30 January 2019 — Bekat v EUIPO — Borbet (ARBET) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for figurative EU mark ARBET — Prior national word mark BORBET — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

OJ C 103, 18.3.2019, p. 38–38 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

18.3.2019   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 103/38


Judgment of the General Court of 30 January 2019 — Bekat v EUIPO — Borbet (ARBET)

(Case T-79/18) (1)

((EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for figurative EU mark ARBET - Prior national word mark BORBET - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Similarity of the signs - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))

(2019/C 103/49)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: Arif Oliver Bekat (Esslingen, Germany) (represented by: P. Kohl, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) (represented by: M. Eberl, D. Hanf and D. Walicka, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Borbet GmbH (Hallenberg, Germany) (represented by: J. Krenzel, lawyer)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 6 December 2017 (Case R 1117/2017-4), concerning opposition proceedings between Borbet and Mr Bekat.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Dismisses the action;

2.

Orders Mr Arif Oliver Bekat to pay the costs.


(1)  OJ C 134, 16.4.2018.


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