Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2016:492
Date: 2016-09-15
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Eighth Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded

Judgment of the General Court of 15 September 2016 — JT International v EUIPO — Habanos (PUSH) (Case T-633/15) 1 (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU word mark PUSH — Earlier Benelux and national word and figurative marks PUNCH — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Identity of the goods — Similarity of the signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: JT International SA (Geneva, Switzerland) (represented by: S. Malynicz QC and K.E. Gilbert and J. Gilbert, Solicitors) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: S. Bonne, acting as Agent) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Corporación Habanos, SA (Havana, Cuba) (represented by: M. Escudero Pérez, lawyer) Re: Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 10 August 2015 (Case R 3046/2014-5), relating to opposition proceedings between Corporación Habanos and JT International Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders JT International SA to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and by Corporación Habanos, SA. ____________ 1 OJ C 27, 25.1.2016.