Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2018:886
Date: 2018-12-06
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Seventh Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - successful

Judgment of the General Court of 6 December 2018 — Fifth Avenue Entertainment v EUIPO — Commodore Entertainment (THE COMMODORES) (Case T-459/17) 1 (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU word mark ‘THE COMMODORES’ — Unregistered earlier sign ‘Commodores’ — Article 8(4) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(4) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Relative ground for refusal — Reference to the national law governing the earlier mark — Action for passing off) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: Fifth Avenue Entertainment LLC (Orlando, Florida, United States) (represented by: B. Brandreth, Barrister, and D. Cañadas Arcas, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: H. O’Neill and S. Bonne, acting as Agents) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Commodore Entertainment Corp. (Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States) (represented by: J. Mellor QC and J. Whelan, Solicitor) Re: Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 22 May 2017 (Case R 851/2016-5), relating to opposition proceedings between Commodore Entertainment and Fifth Avenue Entertainment. Operative part of the judgment The Court: Annuls the Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 22 May 2017 (Case R 851/2016-5); Orders EUIPO to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Fifth Avenue Entertainment LLC; Orders Commodore Entertainment Corp. to bear its own costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 309, 18.9.2017.