CELEX: 62012TA0515(01)
Language: en
Date: 2016-10-27 00:00:00
Title: Case T-515/12: Judgment of the General Court of 27 October 2016 — El Corte Inglés v EUIPO — English Cut (The English Cut) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU word mark The English Cut — Earlier EU figurative and national word marks El Corte Inglés — Relative ground for refusal — Article 8(5) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Reputation)

12.12.2016   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 462/14
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 27 October 2016 — El Corte Inglés v EUIPO — English Cut (The English Cut)
   (Case T-515/12) (1)
   
   ((EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU word mark The English Cut - Earlier EU figurative and national word marks El Corte Inglés - Relative ground for refusal - Article 8(5) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Reputation))
   (2016/C 462/15)
   Language of the case: Spanish
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: El Corte Inglés, SA (Madrid, Spain) (represented by: J. L. Rivas Zurdo, 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: The English Cut, SL (Malaga, Spain)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 6 September 2012 (Case R 1673/2011-1), relating to opposition proceedings between El Corte Inglés and The English Cut.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1)
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2)
            
            
               Orders El Corte Inglés, SA to bear its own costs and those incurred by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO).
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 26, 26.1.2013.