26.11.2018
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
C 427/39
Judgment of the General Court of 26 September 2018 — Puma v EUIPO — Doosan Machine Tools (PUMA)
(Case T-62/16) (1)
(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU figurative mark PUMA - Earlier international figurative trade marks PUMA - Relative ground for refusal - Article 8(5) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(5) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))
(2018/C 427/48)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Puma SE (Herzogenaurach, Germany) (represented by: P. González-Bueno Catalán de Ocón, lawyer)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: A. Folliard-Monguiral and D. Walicka, acting as Agents)
Other party: Doosan Machine Tools Co. Ltd (Seongsan-gu, South Korea) authorised to replace the other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO (represented by: R. Böhm and S. Overhage, lawyers)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 4 December 2015 (Case R 1052/2015-4), relating to opposition proceedings between Puma and Doosan Infracore Co. Ltd.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1.
Annuls the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 4 December 2015 (Case R 1052/2015-4);
2.
Orders EUIPO to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Puma SE;
3.
Orders Doosan Machine Tools Co. Ltd to bear its own costs.
(1) OJ C 118, 4.4.2016.
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