CELEX: 62016TA0220
Language: en
Date: 2019-03-12 00:00:00
Title: Case T-220/16: Judgment of the General Court of 12 March 2019 — Perry Ellis International Group v EUIPO (PRO PLAYER) (EU trade mark — Application for EU word mark PRO PLAYER — Absolute ground for refusal — Descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))

6.5.2019   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 155/37
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 12 March 2019 — Perry Ellis International Group v EUIPO (PRO PLAYER)
      (Case T-220/16) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Application for EU word mark PRO PLAYER - Absolute ground for refusal - Descriptive character - Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))
      (2019/C 155/43)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Perry Ellis International Group Holdings Ltd (Nassau, Bahamas) (represented by: O. Günzel and C. Tenkhoff, lawyers)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: L. Rampini and K. Markakis, acting as Agents)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 24 February 2016 (Case R 1091/2015-2), relating to an application for registration of the word sign PRO PLAYER as an EU trade mark.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  
                     Dismisses the action;
                  
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  
                     Orders Perry Ellis International Group Holdings Ltd to bear its own costs and to pay the costs incurred by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO).
                  
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 232, 27.6.2016.