CELEX: 62018TA0079
Language: en
Date: 2019-01-30 00:00:00
Title: Case T-79/18: Judgment of the General Court of 30 January 2019 — Bekat v EUIPO — Borbet (ARBET) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for figurative EU mark ARBET — Prior national word mark BORBET — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

18.3.2019   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 103/38
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 30 January 2019 — Bekat v EUIPO — Borbet (ARBET)
      (Case T-79/18) (1)
      
      ((EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for figurative EU mark ARBET - Prior national word mark BORBET - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Similarity of the signs - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))
      (2019/C 103/49)
      Language of the case: German
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Arif Oliver Bekat (Esslingen, Germany) (represented by: P. Kohl, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) (represented by: M. Eberl, D. Hanf and D. Walicka, acting as Agents)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Borbet GmbH (Hallenberg, Germany) (represented by: J. Krenzel, lawyer)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 6 December 2017 (Case R 1117/2017-4), concerning opposition proceedings between Borbet and Mr Bekat.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders Mr Arif Oliver Bekat to pay the costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 134, 16.4.2018.