CELEX: 62018TA0651
Language: en
Date: 2019-06-26 00:00:00
Title: Case T-651/18: Judgment of the General Court of 26 June 2019 — Balani Balani and Others v EUIPO — Play Hawkers (HAWKERS) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU figurative mark HAWKERS — Earlier EU figurative mark HAWKERS — Relative ground for refusal — Article 8(5) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

9.9.2019   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 305/54
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 26 June 2019 — Balani Balani and Others v EUIPO — Play Hawkers (HAWKERS)
      (Case T-651/18) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU figurative mark HAWKERS - Earlier EU figurative mark HAWKERS - Relative ground for refusal - Article 8(5) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
      (2019/C 305/65)
      Language of the case: Spanish
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicants: Sonu Gangaram Balani Balani (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain), Anup Suresh Balani Shivdasani (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria) and Amrit Suresh Balani Shivdasani (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria) (represented by: A. Díaz Marrero, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: J. Crespo Carrillo and H. O’Neill, acting as Agents)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Play Hawkers, SL (Elche, Spain)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 2 August 2018 (Case R 396/2018-2), relating to opposition proceedings between Play Hawkers, on the one side, and Mr Balani Balani, Mr Balani Shivdasani and Mr Balani Shivdasani, on the other side.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
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                     Dismisses the action;
                  
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  
                     Orders Sonu Gangaram Balani Balani, Anup Suresh Balani Shivdasani and Amrit Suresh Balani Shivdasani to pay the costs.
                  
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 4, 7.1.2019.