Notices for publication in the OJ nº T-114/19 of Tribunal General de la Unión Europea, July 31, 2020

• Resolution Date: July 31, 2020
• Issuing Organization: Tribunal General de la Unión Europea
• Decision Number: T-114/19

Judgment of the General Court of 25 June 2020 -Pavel v EUIPO - bugatti (B)

(Case T-114/19) ¹

(EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU figurative mark B - Earlier international figurative mark b - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Article 60(1)(a) of Regulation 2017/1001 - Misuse of power - Partial annulment)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Dan-Gabriel Pavel (Oradea, Romania) (represented by: E.-D. Nedelcu, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: M.L. Capostagno, acting as Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: bugatti GmbH (Herford, Germany) (represented by: U. Ulrich, lawyer)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 14 December 2018 (Joined Cases R 49/2018-1 and R 85/2018-1), relating to invalidity proceedings between bugatti and Mr Pavel.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

Annuls the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 14 December 2018 (Joined Cases R 49/2018-1 and R 85/2018-1) in so far as it concerns the goods ‘leather and...