Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 6 December 2018.
Fifth Avenue Entertainment LLC v European Union Intellectual Property Office.
EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU word mark ‘THE COMMODORES’ — Unregistered earlier sign ‘Commodores’ — Article 8(4) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(4) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Relative ground for refusal — Reference to the national law governing the earlier mark — Action for passing off.
Case T-459/17.

ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:T:2018:886

Judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 7 December 2018.
La Zaragozana, SA v European Union Intellectual Property Office.
EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU figurative mark CERVISIA — Earlier national word mark CERVISIA AMBAR — Relative ground for refusal — Similarity of the signs –Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001).
Case T-378/17.

ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:T:2018:888

Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 19 June 2018.
Erwin Müller GmbH v European Union Intellectual Property Office.
EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU word mark NOVUS — Earlier EU word and figurative marks NOVUS and novus — Relative ground for refusal — Similarity of the goods — Article 8(1)(a) and (b) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(a) and (b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Evidence presented for the first time before the General Court.
Case T-89/17.

ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:T:2018:353

Judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 19 June 2018.
Tillotts Pharma AG v European Union Intellectual Property Office.
EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU word mark XENASA — Earlier EU word mark PENTASA — Relative ground for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001).
Case T-362/16.

ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:T:2018:354

Judgment of the General Court (Ninth Chamber) of 14 June 2018.
Emcur Gesundheitsmittel aus Bad Ems GmbH v European Union Intellectual Property Office.
EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU word mark EMCURE — Earlier EU and national word marks EMCUR — Relative ground for refusal — Similarity of the goods and services — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001).
Case T-165/17.

ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:T:2018:346

Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 6 June 2018.
Uponor Innovation AB v European Union Intellectual Property Office.
EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU word mark SMATRIX — Prior EU figurative mark AsyMatrix — Relative ground for refusal — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Article 76 of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 95 of Regulation 2017/1001) — Extent of the examination to be carried out by the Board of Appeal — Failure to assess an item of evidence produced before the Opposition Division.
Case T-264/17.

ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:T:2018:329

Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) of 29 May 2018.
Xabier Uribe-Etxebarría Jiménez v European Union Intellectual Property Office.
EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU word mark SHERPA — Earlier national word mark SHERPA — Declaration of partial invalidity — Subject matter of the proceedings before the Board of Appeal — Genuine use of the trade mark — Article 42(2) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 47(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Article 53(1)(a) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 60(2)(a) of Regulation 2017/1001) — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(a) and (b) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(a) and (b) of Regulation 2017/1001).
Case T-577/15.

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ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:T:2018:305

Judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 8 May 2018.
Luxottica Group SpA v European Union Intellectual Property Office.
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).
Case T-721/16.

ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:T:2018:264

Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 4 May 2018.
El Corte Inglés, SA v European Union Intellectual Property Office.
EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU figurative mark EW — Earlier EU word mark WE — Relative ground for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001).
Case T-241/16.

ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:T:2018:255

Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 3 May 2018.
J-M.-E.V. e hijos, SRL v European Union Intellectual Property Office.
EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Application for registration of the EU word mark MASSI — Earlier national word mark MASI — Article 56(3) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 63(3) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Res judicata — Article 53(1)(a) and Article 8(2)(c) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 60(1)(a) and Article 8(2)(c) of Regulation 2017/1001) — Well-known mark within the meaning of Article 6bis of the Paris Convention.
Case T-2/17.

ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:T:2018:243