Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 17.8.2020 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 271/35 |

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Judgment of the General Court of 25 June 2020 –Pavel v EUIPO — bugatti (B)

(Case T-114/19) [(1)](#ntr1-C_2020271EN.01003501-E0001)

(EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU figurative mark B - Earlier international figurative mark b - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Article 60(1)(a) of Regulation 2017/1001 - Misuse of power - Partial annulment)

(2020/C 271/44)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Dan-Gabriel Pavel (Oradea, Romania) (represented by: E.-D. Nedelcu, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: M.L. Capostagno, acting as Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: bugatti GmbH (Herford, Germany) (represented by: U. Ulrich, lawyer)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 14 December 2018 (Joined Cases R 49/2018-1 and R 85/2018-1), relating to invalidity proceedings between bugatti and Mr Pavel.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Annuls the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 14 December 2018 (Joined Cases R 49/2018-1 and R 85/2018-1) in so far as it concerns the goods ‘leather and imitations of leather; animal skins, hides’ in Class 18 of the Nice Agreement concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks of 15 June 1957, as revised and amended; |

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| 2. | Dismisses the action as to the remainder; |

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| 3. | Orders each party to bear its own costs. |

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