Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2016:602
Date: 2016-10-11
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Second Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded

Judgment of the General Court of 11 October 2016 — Perry Ellis International Group v EUIPO — CG (p) (Case T-350/15) 1 (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU figurative mark likely to be perceived as the letter ‘p’ — Earlier EU and national figurative marks P PROTECTIVE and P — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: Perry Ellis International Group Holdings Ltd (Nassau, Bahamas) (represented by: O. Günzel, V. Ahmann and C. Tenkhoff, lawyers) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: D. Stoyanova-Valchanova, M. Fischer and D. Gája, acting as Agents) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervening before the General Court: CG Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH (Gevelsberg, Germany) (represented by: T. Körber and T.- E. Vlah, lawyers) Re: Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 28 April 2015 (Case R 2441/2014-4) relating to opposition proceedings between CG Verwaltungsgesellschaft and Perry Ellis International Group Holdings. Operative part of the judgment The Court: Dismisses the action; Orders Perry Ellis International Group Holdings Ltd to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 270, 17.8.2015.