20.3.2017
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
C 86/26
Judgment of the General Court of 9 February 2017 — International Gaming Projects v EUIPO — adp Gauselmann (TRIPLE EVOLUTION)
(Case T-82/16) (1)
((EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the figurative EU trade mark TRIPLE EVOLUTION - Earlier EU word mark Evolution - Relative ground of refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Similarity of the signs - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
(2017/C 086/35)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: International Gaming Projects Ltd (Qormi, Malta) (represented initially by M. Garayalde Niño and A. Alpera Plazas, and subsequently by M. Garayalde Niño, lawyers)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: S. Bonne, acting as Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: adp Gauselmann GmbH (Espelkamp, Germany) (represented by: P. Koch Moreno, lawyer)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 2 December 2015 (Case R 0725/2015-2), relating to opposition proceedings between adp Gauselmann and International Gaming Projects.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1.
Dismisses the action;
2.
Orders International Gaming Projects Ltd to pay the costs.
(1) OJ C 136, 18.4.2016.