22.10.2018
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
C 381/23
Judgment of the General Court of 12 September 2018 — Pelikan v EUIPO — NBA Properties (NEW ORLEANS PELICANS)
(Case T-112/17) (1)
((EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU figurative mark NEW ORLEANS PELICANS - Earlier EU word marks and earlier national figurative mark Pelikan - Article 8(1)(b) and Article 8(5) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) and Article 8(5) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))
(2018/C 381/26)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Pelikan Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG (Hanover, Germany) (represented by: U. Hildebrandt, lawyer)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: D. Gája and D. Walicka, acting as Agents)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: NBA Properties, Inc. (New York, New York, United States) (represented initially by: M. Chapple, and subsequently by T. Elias, Barristers)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 16 December 2016 (Case R 408/2016-4), concerning opposition proceedings between Pelikan Vertriebsgesellschaft and NBA Properties.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1.
Dismisses the action;
2.
Orders Pelikan Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG to pay the costs.
(1) OJ C 129, 24.4.2017.
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