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Case T-577/15: Judgment of the General Court of 29 May 2018 — Uribe-Etxebarría Jiménez v EUIPO — Núcleo de comunicaciones y control (SHERPA) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU word mark SHERPA — Earlier national word mark SHERPA — Partial declaration of invalidity — Subject matter of the dispute before the Board of Appeal — Genuine use of the mark — Article 42(2) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 47(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Article 53(1)(a) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 60(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(a) and (b) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(a) and (b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))

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Judgment of the General Court of 29 May 2018 — Uribe-Etxebarría Jiménez v EUIPO — Núcleo de comunicaciones y control (SHERPA)

(Case T-577/15) (
[1](#t-C_2018240EN.01003401-E0001)
)

‛(EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU word mark SHERPA — Earlier national word mark SHERPA — Partial declaration of invalidity — Subject matter of the dispute before the Board of Appeal — Genuine use of the mark — Article 42(2) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 47(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Article 53(1)(a) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 60(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(a) and (b) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(a) and (b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))’

2018/C 240/35Language of the case: Spanish

Parties

Applicant: Xavier Uribe-Etxebarría Jiménez (Erandio, Spain) (represented by: M. Esteve Sanz, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: J. Crespo Carillo, acting as Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Núcleo de comunicaciones y control, SL (Madrid, Spain) (represented by: P. López Ronda, G. Macías Bonilla, G. Marín Raigal and E. Armero Lavie, lawyers)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 17 July 2015 (Case R 1135/2014-2) relating to invalidity proceedings between Núcleo de comunicaciones y control and Mr Uribe-Etxebarría Jiménez.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

| 1. | Annuls the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 17 July 2015 (Case R 1135/2014-2) as regards the goods designated by the contested mark in Class 9; |

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

| 3. | Orders EUIPO to bear its own costs and to pay one third of the costs incurred by Mr Xavier Uribe-Etxebarría Jiménez; |

| 4. | Orders Mr Uribe-Etxebarría Jiménez to bear two thirds of his own costs; |

| 5. | Orders Núcleo de comunicaciones y control, SL to bear its own costs. |

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(
[1](#c-C_2018240EN.01003401-E0001)
) [OJ C 406, 7.12.2015](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:C:2015:406:TOC).

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