Judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 5 December 2017.#Xiaomi, Inc. v European Union Intellectual Property Office.#EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU word mark MI PAD — Earlier EU word mark IPAD — Relative ground for refusal — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the signs — Similarity of the goods and services.#Case T-893/16.

Judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 5 December 2017.
Xiaomi, Inc. v European Union Intellectual Property Office.
EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU word mark MI PAD — Earlier EU word mark IPAD — Relative ground for refusal — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the signs — Similarity of the goods and services.
Case T-893/16.

Judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 5 December 2017.
Xiaomi, Inc. v European Union Intellectual Property Office.
EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU word mark MI PAD — Earlier EU word mark IPAD — Relative ground for refusal — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the signs — Similarity of the goods and services.
Case T-893/16.

ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:T:2017:868