Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2019:180
Date: 2019-03-21
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Eighth Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Italy

Judgment of the General Court of 21 March 2019 –Pan v EUIPO — Entertainment One UK (TOBBIA) (Case T-777/17) 1 (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU figurative mark TOBBIA — Earlier EU figurative mark Peppa Pig — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) and Article 53(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) and Article 60(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: Xianhao Pan (Rome, Italy) (represented by: M. Oliva, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: D. Walicka and A. Folliard-Monguiral, acting as Agents) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Entertainment One UK Ltd (London, United Kingdom) (represented by: J. Guise, L. Cassidy and N. Rose, Solicitors) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Astley Baker Davies Ltd (London, United Kingdom) Re: Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 14 September 2017 (Case R 1776/2016-1), relating to invalidity proceedings between, on the one hand, Entertainment One UK and Astley Baker Davies, and, on the other hand, Mr Xianhao. Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders Mr Xianhao Pan to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 22, 22.1.2018.