Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2017:315
Date: 2017-05-05
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Eighth Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Spain

Action brought on 23 May 2016 — Globo Media v EUIPO — Globo Comunicação e Participações (GLOBO MEDIA) (Case T-262/16) Language in which the application was lodged: Spanish Parties Applicant: Globo Media, SA (Madrid, Spain) (represented by: L. Estropá Navarro y J. Calderón Chavero, lawyers) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Globo Comunicação e Participações S/A (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Details of the proceedings before EUIPO Applicant: Applicant Trade mark at issue: European Union word mark ‘GLOBO MEDIA’ — Application for registration No 8 957 169 Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 14/03/2016 in Case R 561/2014-4 Form of order sought The applicant claims that the Court should: annul the contested decision; As a consequence of the above, reject opposition No B1697179 and grant registration of the contested mark as regards the services requested in classes 35, 38 and 41; Order EUIPO and the other interveners to pay the costs of these proceedings if they oppose them and reject their claims. Pleas in law Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009. ____________