31.7.2017
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
C 249/26
Judgment of the General Court of 7 June 2017 — Mediterranean Premium Spirits v EUIPO — G-Star Raw (GINRAW)
(Case T-258/16) (1)
((EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the EU word mark GINRAW - Earlier EU word marks RAW - Relative ground for refusal - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Evidence submitted for the first time before the General Court - Obligation to state reasons))
(2017/C 249/39)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Mediterranean Premium Spirits, SL (Barcelona, Spain) (represented by: J.A. Mora Granell and J. Romaní Lluch, lawyers)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: A. Folliard-Monguiral and K. Sidat Humphreys, acting as Agents)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: G-Star Raw CV (Amsterdam, Netherlands) (represented by: L. Dijkman and J. van Manen, lawyers)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 14 March 2016 (Case R 1583/2015-4), relating to opposition proceedings between G-Star Raw and Mediterranean Premium Spirits.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1.
Dismisses the action;
2.
Orders Mediterranean Premium Spirits, SL to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by EUIPO and G-Star Raw CV.
(1) OJ C 251, 11.7.2016.