CELEX: 62016TA0045
Language: en
Date: 2017-07-18 00:00:00
Title: Case T-45/16: Judgment of the General Court of 18 July 2017 — Alfonso Egüed v EUIPO — Jackson Family Farms (BYRON) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU figurative mark BYRON — Earlier non-registered trade mark BYRON — Relative ground for refusal — Article 8(4) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Rules governing common-law actions for passing-off — Goodwill — Proof of the acquisition and continued existence of the earlier right)

28.8.2017   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 283/37
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 18 July 2017 — Alfonso Egüed v EUIPO — Jackson Family Farms (BYRON)
   (Case T-45/16) (1)
   
   ((EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the EU figurative mark BYRON - Earlier non-registered trade mark BYRON - Relative ground for refusal - Article 8(4) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Rules governing common-law actions for passing-off - Goodwill - Proof of the acquisition and continued existence of the earlier right))
   (2017/C 283/55)
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Nelson Alfonso Egüed (Madrid, Spain) (represented by: N. Fernández Fernández-Pacheco, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: J. Ivanauskas, Agent)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Jackson Family Farms LLC (Santa Rosa, California, United States)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 16 November 2015 (Case R 822/2015-2), relating to opposition proceedings between Jackson Family Farms and Mr Alfonso Egüed.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Mr Nelson Alfonso Egüed to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 111, 29.3.2016.