CELEX: 62015TA0686
Language: en
Date: 2017-02-02 00:00:00
Title: Case T-686/15: Judgment of the General Court of 2 February 2017 — Marcas Costa Brava v EUIPO — Excellent Brands JMI (Cremcaffé by Julius Meinl) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU figurative mark Cremcaffé by Julius Meinl — Earlier EU figurative mark café crem — Relative ground for refusal — Lack of genuine use of the earlier mark — Article 42(2) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

13.3.2017   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 78/26
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 2 February 2017 — Marcas Costa Brava v EUIPO — Excellent Brands JMI (Cremcaffé by Julius Meinl)
   (Case T-686/15) (1)
   
   ((EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU figurative mark Cremcaffé by Julius Meinl - Earlier EU figurative mark café crem - Relative ground for refusal - Lack of genuine use of the earlier mark - Article 42(2) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
   (2017/C 078/35)
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Marcas Costa Brava, SL (Sils, Spain) (represented by: E. Manresa Medina and J. Manresa Medina, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: M. Fischer, acting as Agent)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Excellent Brands JMI Ltd (Baar, Switzerland) (represented by: D. Majer, lawyer)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 29 September 2015 (Case R 2517/2014-5), relating to opposition proceedings between Marcas Costa Brava and Excellent Brands JMI.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Marcas Costa Brava, SL, to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 48, 8.2.2016.