CELEX: 62017TA0459
Language: en
Date: 2018-12-06 00:00:00
Title: Case T-459/17: Judgment of the General Court of 6 December 2018 — Fifth Avenue Entertainment v EUIPO — Commodore Entertainment (THE COMMODORES) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU word mark ‘THE COMMODORES’ — Unregistered earlier sign ‘Commodores’ — Article 8(4) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(4) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Relative ground for refusal — Reference to the national law governing the earlier mark — Action for passing off)

25.2.2019   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 72/29
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 6 December 2018 — Fifth Avenue Entertainment v EUIPO — Commodore Entertainment (THE COMMODORES)
      (Case T-459/17) (1)
      
      ((EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU word mark ‘THE COMMODORES’ - Unregistered earlier sign ‘Commodores’ - Article 8(4) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(4) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) - Relative ground for refusal - Reference to the national law governing the earlier mark - Action for passing off))
      (2019/C 72/37)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Fifth Avenue Entertainment LLC (Orlando, Florida, United States) (represented by: B. Brandreth, Barrister, and D. Cañadas Arcas, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: H. O’Neill and S. Bonne, acting as Agents)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Commodore Entertainment Corp. (Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States) (represented by: J. Mellor QC and J. Whelan, Solicitor)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 22 May 2017 (Case R 851/2016-5), relating to opposition proceedings between Commodore Entertainment and Fifth Avenue Entertainment.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Annuls the Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 22 May 2017 (Case R 851/2016-5);
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders EUIPO to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Fifth Avenue Entertainment LLC;
               
            
                  3.
               
               
                  Orders Commodore Entertainment Corp. to bear its own costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 309, 18.9.2017.