18.4.2016   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 136/32


Judgment of the General Court of 3 March 2016 — Ugly v OHIM — Group Lottuss (COYOTE UGLY)

(Case T-778/14) (1)

((Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the Community word mark COYOTE UGLY - Relative grounds for refusal - Revocation of the earlier Community word mark - Article 8(1)(a) and (b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - No non-registered mark - Article 8(4) of Regulation No 207/2009 - No well-known mark within the meaning of Article 6 bis of the Paris Convention - Article 8(2)(c) of Regulation No 207/2009 - Rejection of the opposition))

(2016/C 136/45)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Ugly, Inc. (New York, United States) (represented by: T. St Quintin, Barrister, K. Gilbert and C. Mackey, Solicitors)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: A. Lukošiūtė, acting as Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Group Lottuss Corp., SL (Barcelona, Spain)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 16 September 2014 (Case R 1369/2013-5), relating to opposition proceedings between Ugly Inc. and Group Lottuss Corp.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Dismisses the action;

2.

Orders Ugly, Inc. to pay the costs.


(1)  OJ C 26, 26.1.2015.