Judgment of the General Court of 15 May 2017 — Morton’s of Chicago v EUIPO — Mortons the Restaurant (MORTON’S)

(Case T-223/15) (1)

((EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU figurative mark MORTON’S - Earlier non-registered national trade marks MORTON’S, MORTONS, MORTON’S CLUB, MORTONS CLUB, MORTON’S THE RESTAURANT, MORTONS RESTAURANT and M MORTON’S - Relative ground for refusal - Declaration of invalidity - Article 8(4) and Article 53(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))

(2017/C 221/23)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Morton’s of Chicago, Inc. (Chicago, Illinois, United States) (represented by: J. Moss, Barrister)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: H. O’Neill, acting as Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Mortons the Restaurant Ltd (London, United Kingdom) (represented by: J. Barry, Solicitor, and P. Nagpal, Barrister)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 12 February 2015 (Case R 46/2014-1), relating to invalidity proceedings between Mortons The Restaurant and Morton’s of Chicago.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

(1)  OJ C 228, 13.7.2015.