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Case T-112/17: Action brought on 17 February 2017 — Pelikan v EUIPO — NBA Properties (NEW ORLEANS PELICANS)
Date: 2017-02-17
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, clothing, gift item, professional sport, registered trade mark, sports body, sports equipment, trade-mark law








C_2017129EN.01002501.xml










24.4.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 129/25





Action brought on 17 February 2017 — Pelikan v EUIPO — NBA Properties (NEW ORLEANS PELICANS)
(Case T-112/17)
(2017/C 129/38)
Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties


Applicant: Pelikan Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG (Hannover, Germany) (represented by: U. Hildebrandt, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: NBA Properties, Inc. (New York, New York, United States)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


Applicant of the trade mark at issue: Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal

Trade mark at issue: EU figurative mark in black and white containing the word elements ‘NEW ORLEANS PELICANS’ — Application for registration No 11 518 487

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 16 December 2016 in Case R 408/2016-4

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision;










—


order EUIPO to pay the costs.





Plea in law







—


Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) and (5) of Regulation No 207/2009.
Calls for proposals under the work programme for grants in the field of the trans-European telecommunication networks under the Connecting Europe Facility for the period 2014-2020 (Commission Implementing Decision C(2017) 696)
Date: 2017-02-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU aid, action programme, financial aid, invitation to tender, trans-European network, transmission network








C_2017050EN.01000701.xml










17.2.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 50/7





Calls for proposals under the work programme for grants in the field of the trans-European telecommunication networks under the Connecting Europe Facility for the period 2014-2020
(Commission Implementing Decision C(2017) 696)
(2017/C 50/04)
The European Commission, Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology, is hereby launching four calls for proposals in order to award grants to projects in accordance with the priorities and objectives defined in the 2017 Work Programme in the field of the trans-European telecommunication networks under the Connecting Europe Facility for the period 2014-2020.
Proposals are invited for the following four calls:

CEF-TC-2017-1: Business Registers Interconnection System (BRIS)

CEF-TC-2017-1: eIdentification & eSignature

CEF-TC-2017-1: Electronic Exchange of Social Security Information (EESSI)

CEF-TC-2017-1: European e-Justice Portal
The total indicative budget available for proposals selected under these calls is EUR 27,5 million.
The deadline for the submission of proposals is 18 May 2017.

The respective call documentation is available on the CEF Telecom website:
https://ec.europa.eu/inea/en/connecting-europe-facility/cef-telecom/apply-funding/2017-cef-telecom-calls-proposals
Case C-87/17 P: Appeal brought on 17 February 2017 by CBA Spielapparate- und Restaurantbetriebs GmbH against the order of the General Court (Third Chamber) delivered on 19 December 2016 in Case T-655/16 CBA Spielapparate- und Restaurantbetriebs GmbH v Court of Justice of the European Union
Date: 2017-02-17
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Austria, damages, game of chance, jurisdiction, national law








C_2017277EN.01002003.xml










21.8.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 277/20





Appeal brought on 17 February 2017 by CBA Spielapparate- und Restaurantbetriebs GmbH against the order of the General Court (Third Chamber) delivered on 19 December 2016 in Case T-655/16 CBA Spielapparate- und Restaurantbetriebs GmbH v Court of Justice of the European Union
(Case C-87/17 P)
(2017/C 277/29)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Appellant: CBA Spielapparate- und Restaurantbetriebs GmbH (represented by: A. Schuster, Rechtsanwalt)

Other party to the proceedings: Court of Justice of the European Union
By order of 5 July 2017, the Court of Justice of the European Union (Tenth Chamber) dismissed the appeal and ordered the appellant to bear its own costs.
Case T-351/14: Judgment of the General Court of 17 February 2017 — Construlink v EUIPO — Wit-Software (GATEWIT) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU word mark GATEWIT — Earlier EU figurative mark wit software — Earlier national business name Wit-Software, Consultoria e Software para a Internet Móvel, SA — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the signs — Article 8(1)(b) and (4) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Date: 2017-02-17
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, computer systems, registered trade mark, software, trade-mark law








C_2017104EN.01004002.xml










3.4.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 104/40





Judgment of the General Court of 17 February 2017 — Construlink v EUIPO — Wit-Software (GATEWIT)
(Case T-351/14) (1)

((EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU word mark GATEWIT - Earlier EU figurative mark wit software - Earlier national business name Wit-Software, Consultoria e Software para a Internet Móvel, SA - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Similarity of the signs - Article 8(1)(b) and (4) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
(2017/C 104/56)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Construlink — Tecnologias de Informação, SA (Lisbon, Portugal) (represented by: M. Lopes Rocha and A. Bertrand, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: A. Lukošiūtė and D. Hanf, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Wit-Software, Consultoria e Software para a Internet Móvel, SA (Lisbon, Portugal) (represented by: F. Teixeira Baptista and C. Tomás Pedro, lawyers)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 6 March 2014 (Case R 1059/2013-1), relating to opposition proceedings between Wit-Software, Consultoria e Software para a Internet Móvel and Construlink — Tecnologias de Informação.

Operative part

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action.










2.


Orders Construlink — Tecnologias de Informação, SA to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) for the purposes of the present proceedings and by Wit-Software, Consultoria e Software para a Internet Móvel, SA for the purposes of the proceedings before the Board of Appeal.






(1)  OJ C 261, 11.8.2014.
Council Decision of 17 February 2017 appointing an alternate member of the Governing Board of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions for Portugal
Date: 2017-02-17
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Eurofound, Portugal, appointment of members








C_2017054EN.01000401.xml










21.2.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 54/4





COUNCIL DECISION
of 17 February 2017
appointing an alternate member of the Governing Board of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions for Portugal
(2017/C 54/04)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1365/75 of 26 May 1975 on the creation of a European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (1), and in particular Article 6 thereof,
Having regard to the lists of nominations for appointment submitted to the Council by the Governments of the Member States and by the employees' and employers' organisations,
Whereas:






(1)


By its Decisions of 28 November 2016 (2) and 23 January 2017 (3), the Council appointed the members and alternate members of the Governing Board of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions for the period from 1 December 2016 to 30 November 2019.










(2)


The employees' organisation ETUC has submitted one nomination for a post to be filled,




HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The following is appointed alternate member of the Governing Board of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions for Portugal for the period ending on 30 November 2019:
I.   REPRESENTATIVES OF EMPLOYEES' ORGANISATIONS







Country


Member


Alternate member




Portugal


 


Mr Augusto COELHO PRAÇA




Article 2
The Council shall appoint the members and alternate members not yet nominated at a later date.
Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.

Done at Brussels, 17 February 2017.


For the Council


The President

E. BARTOLO




(1)  OJ L 139, 30.5.1975, p. 1.

(2)  Council Decision of 28 November 2016 appointing the members and alternate members of the Governing Board of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (OJ C 447, 1.12.2016, p. 2).

(3)  Council Decision of 23 January 2017 appointing members and alternate members of the Governing Board of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions for Bulgaria, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Austria and Slovakia (OJ C 27, 27.1.2017, p. 8).
Case T-369/15: Judgment of the General Court of 17 February 2017 — Hernández Zamora v EUIPO — Rosen Tantau (Paloma) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU word mark Paloma — Earlier EU figurative mark Paloma — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Date: 2017-02-17
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, floriculture, horticulture, plant propagation, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2017112EN.01003401.xml










10.4.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 112/34





Judgment of the General Court of 17 February 2017 — Hernández Zamora v EUIPO — Rosen Tantau (Paloma)
(Case T-369/15) (1)

((EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the EU word mark Paloma - Earlier EU figurative mark Paloma - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
(2017/C 112/46)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Hernández Zamora, SA (Murcia, Spain) (represented by: J.L. Rivas Zurdo and I. Munilla Muños, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: E. Zaera Cuadrado, acting as Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Rosen Tantau KG (Uetersen, Germany) (represented by: R. Kunze and G. Würtenberger, lawyers)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 21 April 2015 (Case R 1697/2014-2), relating to opposition proceedings between Hernández Zamora and Rosen Tantau.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Hernández Zamora, SA to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 320, 28.9.2015.
Case T-596/15: Judgment of the General Court of 17 February 2017 — Batmore Capital v EUIPO — Univers Poche (POCKETBOOK) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — International registration designating the European Union — Figurative trade mark POCKETBOOK — Earlier national figurative marks POCKET — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Date: 2017-02-17
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, electronic device, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2017112EN.01003501.xml










10.4.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 112/35





Judgment of the General Court of 17 February 2017 — Batmore Capital v EUIPO — Univers Poche (POCKETBOOK)
(Case T-596/15) (1)

((EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - International registration designating the European Union - Figurative trade mark POCKETBOOK - Earlier national figurative marks POCKET - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
(2017/C 112/48)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Batmore Capital Ltd (Tortola, British Virgin Islands) (represented by: D. Masson, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: A. Folliard-Monguiral, acting as Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Univers Poche (Paris, France) (represented by: F. Dumont, lawyer)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 30 July 2015 (Case R 1952/2014-1), relating to opposition proceedings between Univers Poche and Batmore Capital.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Batmore Capital Ltd to pay the costs, including the costs necessarily incurred by Univers Poche before the Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO).






(1)  OJ C 414, 14.12.2015.
Case T-103/17: Action brought on 17 February 2017 — Recordati Orphan Drugs v EUIPO — Laboratorios Normon (NORMOSANG)
Date: 2017-02-17
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, pharmaceutical product, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2017121EN.01004101.xml










18.4.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 121/41





Action brought on 17 February 2017 — Recordati Orphan Drugs v EUIPO — Laboratorios Normon (NORMOSANG)
(Case T-103/17)
(2017/C 121/60)
Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties


Applicant: Recordati Orphan Drugs (Puteaux, France) (represented by: J. Quirin, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Laboratorios Normon SA (Tres Cantos, Spain)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


Applicant of the trade mark at issue: Applicant

Trade mark at issue: EU word mark ‘NORMOSANG’ — Application for registration No 12 174 926

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 22 November 2016 in Case R 831/2016-5

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision;










—


order EUIPO to pay the costs.





Pleas in law







—


Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009;










—


Infringement of Rules 19(2)(a)(ii) and 20(1) of Regulation No 2868/95.
Council Decision of 17 February 2017 appointing two members of the Governing Board of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work for the Czech Republic and Portugal
Date: 2017-02-17
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Czechia, European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, Portugal, appointment of members








C_2017054EN.01000201.xml










21.2.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 54/2





COUNCIL DECISION
of 17 February 2017
appointing two members of the Governing Board of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work for the Czech Republic and Portugal
(2017/C 54/03)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2062/94 of 18 July 1994 establishing a European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (1), and in particular Article 8 thereof,
Having regard to the list of candidates submitted to the Council by the Governments of the Member States and by the employees' and the employers' organisations,
Having regard to the lists of members and alternate members of the Advisory Committee on Safety and Health at Work,
Whereas:






(1)


By its Decisions of 17 October 2016 (2), 28 November 2016 (3) and 23 January 2017 (4), the Council appointed the members and alternate members of the Governing Board of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work for the period from 8 November 2016 to 7 November 2019.










(2)


The employees' organisation ETUC has submitted one nomination for a post to be filled.










(3)


The employers' organisation BUSINESSEUROPE has submitted one nomination for a post to be filled,




HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The following are appointed members of the Governing Board of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work for the period ending on 7 November 2019:
I.   REPRESENTATIVES OF EMPLOYEES' ORGANISATIONS







Country


Member


Alternate member




Portugal


Mr Fernando José GOMES MACHADO


 







II.   REPRESENTATIVES OF EMPLOYERS' ORGANISATIONS







Country


Member


Alternate member




Czech Republic


Ms Nora ŠEJDOVÁ


 




Article 2
The Council shall appoint the members and alternate members not yet nominated at a later date.
Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.

Done at Brussels, 17 February 2017.


For the Council


The President

E. BARTOLO




(1)  OJ L 216, 20.8.1994, p. 1.

(2)  Council Decision of 17 October 2016 appointing the members and alternate members of the Governing Board of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (OJ C 386, 20.10.2016, p. 3).

(3)  Council Decision of 28 November 2016 appointing the members and alternate members of the Governing Board of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work for Denmark, France, Italy and Malta (OJ C 447, 1.12.2016, p. 7).

(4)  Council Decision of 23 January 2017 appointing a member and an alternate member of the Governing Board of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work for Slovakia and United Kingdom (OJ C 27, 27.1.2017, p. 4).
Case T-688/16 R: Order of the President of the General Court of 17 February 2017 — Janssen-Cases v Commission (Interim proceedings — Civil service — Vacancy notice — Commission’s ombudsman — Application for a stay in execution — No urgency)
Date: 2017-02-17
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: European official, appointment of members, job vacancy, mediator








C_2017121EN.01003401.xml










18.4.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 121/34





Order of the President of the General Court of 17 February 2017 — Janssen-Cases v Commission
(Case T-688/16 R)
((Interim proceedings - Civil service - Vacancy notice - Commission’s ombudsman - Application for a stay in execution - No urgency))
(2017/C 121/50)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: Mercedes Janssen-Cases (Brussels, Belgium) (represented by: J.-N. Louis and N. de Montigny, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: G. Berscheid and C. Berardis-Kayser, Agents)

Re:

Application based on Articles 278 and 279 TFEU and seeking a stay in the execution of the Commission’s decision of 15 June 2016, appointing Mr X. as the Commission’s ombudsman, with effect as of 1 October 2016.

Operative part of the order







1.


The application for interim measures is dismissed.










2.


Costs are reserved.
Case T-441/15: Judgment of the General Court of 17 February 2017 — European Dynamics Luxembourg and Others v EMA (Arbitration clause — Multiple framework contract involving the ‘cascade’ system EMA/2012/10/ICT — External service provision for software applications — Request to provide services addressed to the applicants — Rejection of the candidates proposed by the applicants — Proportionality — Reclassification in part of the action — Non-contractual liability)
Date: 2017-02-17
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: arbitration clause, award of contract, indemnification, invitation to tender, principle of proportionality, provision of services, software








C_2017112EN.01003402.xml










10.4.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 112/34





Judgment of the General Court of 17 February 2017 — European Dynamics Luxembourg and Others v EMA
(Case T-441/15) (1)

((Arbitration clause - Multiple framework contract involving the ‘cascade’ system EMA/2012/10/ICT - External service provision for software applications - Request to provide services addressed to the applicants - Rejection of the candidates proposed by the applicants - Proportionality - Reclassification in part of the action - Non-contractual liability))
(2017/C 112/47)
Language of the case: Greek

Parties


Applicants: European Dynamics Luxembourg SA (Luxembourg, Luxembourg), Evropaïki Dynamiki — Proigmena Systimata Tilepikoinonion Pliroforikis kai Tilematikis AE (Athens, Greece), European Dynamics Belgium SA (Brussels, Belgium) (represented by: initially I. Ampazis and M. Sfyri, then M. Sfyri, D. Papadopoulou and C.-N. Dede, lawyers)

Defendant: European Medicines Agency (EMA) (represented by: T. Jabłoński, N. Rampal Olmedo, G. Gavriilidou and P. Eyckmans, acting as Agents)

Re:

First, application based on Article 263 TFEU and asking for annulment of the EMA’s decision of 4 June 2015, notified to the applicants by means of an e-mail from the IT Resource Manager, rejecting two of the candidates whom the applicants had proposed in response to the request for services SC001, in the context of the ΕΜΑ/2012/10/ICT framework-agreement, and, second, application based on Article 268 TFEU and asking for compensation for the harm that the applicants had allegedly suffered as a result of that decision.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1)


Dismisses the action;










2)


Orders European Dynamics Luxembourg SA, Evropaïki Dynamiki — Proigmena Systimata Tilepikoinonion Pliroforikis kai Tilematikis AE and European Dynamics Belgium SA to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 328, 5.10.2015.