CELEX: 62016TA0113
Language: en
Date: 2018-01-30 00:00:00
Title: Case T-113/16: Judgment of the General Court of 30 January 2018 — Arctic Cat v EUIPO — Slazengers (Representation of a member of the cat family jumping to the right) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — International registration designating the European Union — Figurative mark representing a member of the cat family jumping to the right — Earlier EU figurative mark representing a member of the cat family jumping to the left — Relative ground for refusal — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))

12.3.2018   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 94/18
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 30 January 2018 — Arctic Cat v EUIPO — Slazengers (Representation of a member of the cat family jumping to the right)
   (Case T-113/16) (1)
   
   ((EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - International registration designating the European Union - Figurative mark representing a member of the cat family jumping to the right - Earlier EU figurative mark representing a member of the cat family jumping to the left - Relative ground for refusal - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)))
   (2018/C 094/23)
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Arctic Cat Inc. (Thief River Falls, Minnesota, United States) (represented by: M. Hartmann and S. Fröhlich, lawyers)
   
      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: Slazengers Ltd (Burnham, United Kingdom)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 11 January 2016 (Case R 2953/2014-5), relating to opposition proceedings between Slazengers and Arctic Cat.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Arctic Cat Inc. to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO).
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 175, 17.5.2016.