Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2019:29
Date: 2019-01-24
Language of the case: English
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded;Action for annulment - inadmissible

Action brought on 27 November 2017 – Ilhan v EUIPO – Time Gate (SPORTSWEAR COMPANY BIG SAM) (Case T-785/17) Language in which the application was lodged: English Parties Applicant: Ercan Ilhan (Istanbul, Turkey) (represented by: S. Can, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Time Gate GmbH (Köln, Germany) Details of the proceedings before EUIPO Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Applicant Trade mark at issue: International registration designating the European Union in respect of the figurative mark containing the word elements ‘SPORTSWEAR COMPANY BIG SAM’– International registration designating the European Union No 891 276 Procedure before EUIPO: Proceedings for a declaration of invalidity Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 13 September 2017 in Case R 974/2016-5 Form of order sought The applicant claims that the Court should: annul the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 13 September 2017 (R 974/2016-5) and therefore allow the registration of the trademark Sportswear Company BIG SAM; order Time Gate GmbH to bear its own costs; order EUIPO to bear its own costs. Pleas in law Acquiescence pursuant Article 54 of Regulation No 207/2009; Erroneous assessment of the likelihood of confusion of signs. ____________