CELEX: 62017TA0665
Language: en
Date: 2018-12-06 00:00:00
Title: Case T-665/17: Judgment of the General Court of 6 December 2018 — China Construction Bank v EUIPO — Groupement des cartes bancaires (CCB) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU figurative mark CCB — Earlier EU figurative mark CB — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the signs — Reputation and enhanced distinctiveness of the earlier mark — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Second sentence of Article 75 and Article 76(1) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now second sentence of Article 94(1) and Article 95(1) of Regulation 2017/1001))

25.2.2019   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 72/30
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 6 December 2018 — China Construction Bank v EUIPO — Groupement des cartes bancaires (CCB)
      (Case T-665/17) (1)
      
      ((EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU figurative mark CCB - Earlier EU figurative mark CB - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Similarity of the signs - Reputation and enhanced distinctiveness of the earlier mark - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) - Second sentence of Article 75 and Article 76(1) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now second sentence of Article 94(1) and Article 95(1) of Regulation 2017/1001)))
      (2019/C 72/39)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: China Construction Bank Corp. (Beijing, China) (represented by: A. Carboni and J. Gibbs, Solicitors)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: J. Ivanauskas, acting as Agent)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Groupement des cartes bancaires (Paris, France) (represented by: C. Herissay Ducamp, lawyer)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 14 June 2017 (Case R 2265/2016-1), relating to opposition proceedings between Groupement des cartes bancaires and China Construction Bank.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders China Construction Bank Corp. to pay the costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 402, 27.11.2017.