Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 22.10.2018 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 381/23 |

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Judgment of the General Court of 12 September 2018 — Pelikan v EUIPO — NBA Properties (NEW ORLEANS PELICANS)

(Case T-112/17) [(1)](#ntr1-C_2018381EN.01002301-E0001)

((EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU figurative mark NEW ORLEANS PELICANS - Earlier EU word marks and earlier national figurative mark Pelikan - Article 8(1)(b) and Article 8(5) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) and Article 8(5) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))

(2018/C 381/26)

Language of the case: English

Parties

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

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: D. Gája and D. Walicka, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: NBA Properties, Inc. (New York, New York, United States) (represented initially by: M. Chapple, and subsequently by T. Elias, Barristers)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 16 December 2016 (Case R 408/2016-4), concerning opposition proceedings between Pelikan Vertriebsgesellschaft and NBA Properties.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | Orders Pelikan Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG to pay the costs. |

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