CELEX: 62017TA0837
Language: en
Date: 2019-05-23 00:00:00
Title: Case T-837/17: Judgment of the General Court of 23 May 2019 — Negru v EUIPO — Sky (SkyPrivate) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU figurative mark SkyPrivate — Earlier national word mark SKY — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

15.7.2019   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 238/15
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 23 May 2019 — Negru v EUIPO — Sky (SkyPrivate)
      (Case T-837/17) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the EU figurative mark SkyPrivate - Earlier national word mark SKY - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
      (2019/C 238/19)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Alexandru Negru (Iași, Romania) (represented by: initially I.-M. Iliescu, and subsequently by T. Protopopescu, lawyers)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: J. Ivanauskas and H. O’Neill, acting as Agents,)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Sky Ltd, formerly Sky plc, (Isleworth, United Kingdom) (represented by K. Saliger, Solicitor, and P. Roberts QC)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 12 October 2017 (Case R 349/2017-2), relating to opposition proceedings between Sky and Mr Negru.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
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                     Dismisses the action;
                  
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  
                     Orders Mr Alexandru Negru to pay the costs, including those incurred by Sky Ltd for the purposes of the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO).
                  
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 72, 26.2.2018.