CELEX: 62016TA0061
Language: en
Date: 2017-12-07 00:00:00
Title: Case T-61/16: Judgment of the General Court of 7 December 2017 — Coca-Cola v EUIPO — Mitico (Master) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU figurative mark Master — Earlier European Union figurative marks Coca-Cola and earlier national figurative mark C — Relative ground for refusal — Unfair advantage taken of the reputation of earlier marks — Evidence relating to the commercial use, outside the European Union, of a sign comprising the mark applied for — Logical inferences — Decision taken following the annulment by the General Court of an earlier decision — Article 8(5) and Article 65(6) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(5) and Article 72(6) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))

29.1.2018   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 32/22
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 7 December 2017 — Coca-Cola v EUIPO — Mitico (Master)
   (Case T-61/16) (1)
   
   ((EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the EU figurative mark Master - Earlier European Union figurative marks Coca-Cola and earlier national figurative mark C - Relative ground for refusal - Unfair advantage taken of the reputation of earlier marks - Evidence relating to the commercial use, outside the European Union, of a sign comprising the mark applied for - Logical inferences - Decision taken following the annulment by the General Court of an earlier decision - Article 8(5) and Article 65(6) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(5) and Article 72(6) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)))
   (2018/C 032/29)
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: The Coca-Cola Company (Atlanta, Georgia, United States) (represented by: S. Malynicz, QC, S. Baran, barrister, D. Stone and A. Dykes, Solicitors)
   
      Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: J. Crespo Carrillo, acting as Agent)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Modern Industrial & Trading Investment Co. Ltd (Mitico) (Damas, Syria) (represented by: A.-E. Malamis, lawyer)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 2 December 2015 (Case R 1251/2015-4), relating to opposition proceedings between The Coca-Cola Company and Mitico.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Annuls the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 2 December 2015 (Case R 1251/2015-4);
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders EUIPO to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by The Coca-Cola Company, including the costs of the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders Modern Industrial & Trading Investment Co. Ltd (Mitico) to bear its own costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 111, 29.3.2016.