CELEX: 62017TA0070
Language: en
Date: 2018-09-27 00:00:00
Title: Case T-70/17: Judgment of the General Court of 27 September 2018 — TenneT Holding v EUIPO — Ngrid Intellectual Property (NorthSeaGrid) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU figurative mark NorthSeaGrid — Earlier EU word and figurative marks nationalgrid — Relative ground for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))

26.11.2018   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 427/50
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 27 September 2018 — TenneT Holding v EUIPO — Ngrid Intellectual Property (NorthSeaGrid)
      (Case T-70/17) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU figurative mark NorthSeaGrid - Earlier EU word and figurative marks nationalgrid - Relative ground for refusal - No likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))
      (2018/C 427/64)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: TenneT Holding BV (Arnhem, Netherlands) (represented by: K. Limperg, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) (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: Ngrid Intellectual Property Ltd (London, United Kingdom) (represented by: F. Traub, Solicitor)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 21 November 2016 (Case R 1607/2015-5) relating to opposition proceedings between Ngrid Intellectual Property and TenneT Holding.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Annuls paragraph 1 of the operative part of the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 21 November 2016 (Case R 1607/2015-5) relating to opposition proceedings between Ngrid Intellectual Property Ltd and TenneT Holding BV;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders EUIPO to pay, in addition to its own costs, those incurred by TenneT Holding BV;
               
            
                  3.
               
               
                  Orders Ngrid Intellectual Property to bear its own costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 104, 3.4.2017.