Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2017:66
Date: 2017-02-09
Language of the case: English
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Malta

Judgment of the General Court of 9 February 2017 — International Gaming Projects v EUIPO — adp Gauselmann (TRIPLE EVOLUTION) (Case T-82/16) 1 (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the figurative EU trade mark TRIPLE EVOLUTION — Earlier EU word mark Evolution — Relative ground of refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: International Gaming Projects Ltd (Qormi, Malta) (represented initially by M. Garayalde Niño and A. Alpera Plazas, and subsequently by M. Garayalde Niño, lawyers) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: S. Bonne, acting as Agent) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: adp Gauselmann GmbH (Espelkamp, Germany) (represented by: P. Koch Moreno, lawyer) Re: Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 2 December 2015 (Case R 0725/2015-2), relating to opposition proceedings between adp Gauselmann and International Gaming Projects. Operative part of the judgment The Court: Dismisses the action; Orders International Gaming Projects Ltd to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 136, 18.4.2016.