CELEX: 62016TA0406
Language: en
Date: 2017-07-11 00:00:00
Title: Case T-406/16: Judgment of the General Court of 11 July 2017 — Dogg Label v EUIPO — Chemoul (JAPRAG) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU word mark JAPRAG — Earlier national figurative mark JAPAN-RAG — Relative ground for refusal — Similarity of the signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

21.8.2017   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 277/41
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 11 July 2017 — Dogg Label v EUIPO — Chemoul (JAPRAG)
   (Case T-406/16) (1)
   
   ((EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU word mark JAPRAG - Earlier national figurative mark JAPAN-RAG - Relative ground for refusal - Similarity of the signs - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
   (2017/C 277/61)
   Language of the case: French
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Dogg Label (Marseilles, France) (represented by: M. Angelier, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: A. Folliard-Monguiral, acting as Agent)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Patrick Chemoul (Paris, France) (represented by: E. Hoffman, lawyer)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 13 May 2016 (Case R 2336/2015-2), relating to invalidity proceedings between Dogg Label and Mr Chemoul.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Annuls the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 13 May 2016 (Case R 2336/2015-2);
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Dogg Label, EUIPO and Mr Patrick Chemoul to bear their own respective costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 364, 3.10.2016.