21.10.2019
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
C 357/33
Judgment of the General Court of 10 September 2019 — Oakley v EUIPO — Xuebo Ye (Representation of a discontinuous ellipse)
(Case T-744/18) (1)
(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for an EU figurative mark representing a discontinuous ellipse - Earlier EU figurative mark representing an ellipse - Relative ground for refusal - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
(2019/C 357/40)
Language of the case: Spanish
Parties
Applicant: Oakley, Inc. (Foothill Ranch, California, United States) (represented by: E. Ochoa Santamaría and I. Aparicio Martínez, lawyers)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: S. Palmero Cabezas and H. O’Neill, acting as Agents)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Xuebo Ye (Wenzhou, China)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 22 October 2018 (Case R 692/2018-1), relating to opposition proceedings between Oakley and Xuebo Ye.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1.
Annuls the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 22 October 2018 (Case R 692/2018-1);
2.
Orders EUIPO to pay the costs, including those incurred by Oakley, Inc.
(1) OJ C 65, 18.2.2019.