CELEX: 62017TA0777
Language: en
Date: 2019-03-21 00:00:00
Title: Case T-777/17: Judgment of the General Court of 21 March 2019 –Pan v EUIPO — Entertainment One UK (TOBBIA) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU figurative mark TOBBIA — Earlier EU figurative mark Peppa Pig — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) and Article 53(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) and Article 60(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))

6.5.2019   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 155/42
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 21 March 2019 –Pan v EUIPO — Entertainment One UK (TOBBIA)
      (Case T-777/17) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU figurative mark TOBBIA - Earlier EU figurative mark Peppa Pig - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) and Article 53(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) and Article 60(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))
      (2019/C 155/50)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Xianhao Pan (Rome, Italy) (represented by: M. Oliva, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: D. Walicka and A. Folliard-Monguiral, acting as Agents)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Entertainment One UK Ltd (London, United Kingdom) (represented by: J. Guise, L. Cassidy and N. Rose, Solicitors)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Astley Baker Davies Ltd (London, United Kingdom)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 14 September 2017 (Case R 1776/2016-1), relating to invalidity proceedings between, on the one hand, Entertainment One UK and Astley Baker Davies, and, on the other hand, Mr Xianhao.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  
                     Dismisses the action;
                  
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  
                     Orders Mr Xianhao Pan to pay the costs.
                  
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 22, 22.1.2018.