CELEX: 62017TA0007
Language: en
Date: 2018-10-15 00:00:00
Title: Case T-7/17: Judgment of the General Court of 15 October 2018 — John Mills v EUIPO — Jerome Alexander Consulting (MINERAL MAGIC) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU word mark MINERAL MAGIC — Earlier national word mark MAGIC MINERALS BY JEROME ALEXANDER — Relative ground for refusal — Article 8(3) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(3) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))

3.12.2018   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 436/38
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 15 October 2018 — John Mills v EUIPO — Jerome Alexander Consulting (MINERAL MAGIC)
      (Case T-7/17) (1)
      
      ((EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU word mark MINERAL MAGIC - Earlier national word mark MAGIC MINERALS BY JEROME ALEXANDER - Relative ground for refusal - Article 8(3) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(3) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)))
      (2018/C 436/53)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: John Mills Ltd (London, United Kingdom) (represented by: S. Malynicz QC)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: A. Lukošiūtė and D. Hanf, acting as Agents)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Jerome Alexander Consulting Corp. (Surfside, Florida, United States) (represented by: T. Bamford and C. Rani, Solicitors)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 5 October 2016 (Case R 2087/2015-1), relating to opposition proceedings between Jerome Alexander Consulting and John Mills.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Annuls the decision of the First Chamber of the Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 5 October 2016 (Case R 2087/2015-1);
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders EUIPO to pay, in addition to its own costs, half of the costs incurred by John Mills Ltd;
               
            
                  3.
               
               
                  Orders Jerome Alexander Consulting Corp. to pay, in addition to its own costs, half of the costs incurred by John Mills.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 63, 27.2.2017.