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Case T-721/16: Judgment of the General Court of 8 May 2018 — Luxottica Group v EUIPO — Chen (BeyBeni) (European Union trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU figurative mark BeyBeni — Earlier national figurative mark Ray-Ban — Relative ground for refusal — Detriment to reputation — Article 8(5) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(5) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))

IO C 221, 25.6.2018, p. 18–19 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

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Case T-721/16: Judgment of the General Court of 8 May 2018 — Luxottica Group v EUIPO — Chen (BeyBeni) (European Union trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU figurative mark BeyBeni — Earlier national figurative mark Ray-Ban — Relative ground for refusal — Detriment to reputation — Article 8(5) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(5) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))

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Judgment of the General Court of 8 May 2018 — Luxottica Group v EUIPO — Chen (BeyBeni)

(Case T-721/16) ( 1 )

‛(European Union trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU figurative mark BeyBeni — Earlier national figurative mark Ray-Ban — Relative ground for refusal — Detriment to reputation — Article 8(5) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(5) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))’

2018/C 221/21Language of the case: Spanish

Parties

Applicant: Luxottica Group SpA (Milan, Italy) (represented by: E. Ochoa Santamaría and I. Aparicio Martínez, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: J. Crespo Carrillo, acting as Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Xian Chen (Wenzhou, China)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 8 June 2016 (Case R 675/2015-5), relating to opposition proceedings between Luxottica Group and Mr Chen.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

The decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 8 June 2016 (Case R 675/2015-5), relating to opposition proceedings between Luxottica Group SpA and Xian Chen, is annulled;

2.

EUIPO is ordered to pay the costs.


( 1 ) OJ C 454, 5.12.2016.

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