CELEX: 62017TN0785
Language: en
Date: 2017-11-27 00:00:00
Title: Case T-785/17: Action brought on 27 November 2017 — Ilhan v EUIPO — Time Gate (SPORTSWEAR COMPANY BIG SAM)

29.1.2018   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 32/44
            
         Action brought on 27 November 2017 — Ilhan v EUIPO — Time Gate (SPORTSWEAR COMPANY BIG SAM)
   (Case T-785/17)
   (2018/C 032/58)
   Language in which the application was lodged: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Ercan Ilhan (Istanbul, Turkey) (represented by: S. Can, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Time Gate GmbH (Köln, Germany)
   
      Details of the proceedings before EUIPO
   
   
      Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Applicant
   
      Trade mark at issue: International registration designating the European Union in respect of the figurative mark containing the word elements ‘SPORTSWEAR COMPANY BIG SAM’ – International registration designating the European Union No 891 276
   
      Procedure before EUIPO: Proceedings for a declaration of invalidity
   
      Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 13 September 2017 in Case R 974/2016-5
   
      Form of order sought
   
   The applicant claims that the Court should:
   
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               annul the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 13 September 2017 (R 974/2016-5) and therefore allow the registration of the trademark Sportswear Company BIG SAM;
            
         
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               order Time Gate GmbH to bear its own costs;
            
         
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               order EUIPO to bear its own costs.
            
         
      Pleas in law
   
   
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               Acquiescence pursuant Article 54 of Regulation No 207/2009;
            
         
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               Erroneous assessment of the likelihood of confusion of signs.