Order — ECLI:EU:T:2016:234
Date: 2016-04-18
Language of the case: German
Court formation: Seventh Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded;Action for annulment - inadmissible
Origin: United Kingdom

Order of the General Court of 18 April 2016 — Zhang v EUIPO — K & L Ruppert Stiftung (Anna Smith) (Case T-295/15) 1 (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU word mark Anna Smith — Earlier EU word mark SMITH — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Action in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly lacking any foundation in law) Language of the case: German Parties Applicant: Yongyu Zhang (Manchester, United Kingdom) (represented by: M. Steinert, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) (represented by: S. Hanne, acting as Agent) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO intervening before the General Court: K & L Ruppert Stiftung & Co. Handels-KG (Weilheim, Germany) (represented by: A. Kockläuner and O. Nilgen, lawyers) Re: Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 27 February 2015 (Case R 1559/2014-5) concerning opposition proceedings between K & L Ruppert Stiftung & Co. Handels-KG et M. Yongyu Zhang. Operative part of the order The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders Mr Yongyu Zhang to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 262, 10.8.2015.