CELEX: 62016TA0344
Language: en
Date: 2018-10-04 00:00:00
Title: Case T-344/16: Judgment of the General Court of 4 October 2018 — Blackmore v EUIPO — Paice (DEEP PURPLE) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU word mark DEEP PURPLE — Earlier non-registered mark DEEP PURPLE — Relative ground for refusal — Article 8(4) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(4) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Rules governing common-law action for passing-off — No likelihood of misrepresentation — Article 177(1)(d) of the Rules of Procedure of the General Court — Inadmissibility)

26.11.2018   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 427/42
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 4 October 2018 — Blackmore v EUIPO — Paice (DEEP PURPLE)
      (Case T-344/16) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the EU word mark DEEP PURPLE - Earlier non-registered mark DEEP PURPLE - Relative ground for refusal - Article 8(4) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(4) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) - Rules governing common-law action for passing-off - No likelihood of misrepresentation - Article 177(1)(d) of the Rules of Procedure of the General Court - Inadmissibility)
      (2018/C 427/52)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Richard Hugh Blackmore (New York, New York, United States) (represented by: initially A. Edwards-Stuart, and subsequently T. Alkin, Barristers)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) (represented by: D. Gája and D. Walicka, Agents)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Ian Paice (London, United Kingdom) (represented by: M. Engelman, Barrister, and J. Stephenson, Solicitor)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 21 March 2016 (Case R 736/2015-5), relating to opposition proceedings between Mr Paice and Mr Blackmore.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders Mr Richard Hugh Blackmore to pay the costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 314, 29.8.2016.