31.10.2016   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 402/44


Judgment of the General Court of 15 September 2016 — JT International v EUIPO — Habanos (PUSH)

(Case T-633/15) (1)

((EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the EU word mark PUSH - Earlier Benelux and national word and figurative marks PUNCH - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Identity of the goods - Similarity of the signs - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))

(2016/C 402/51)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: JT International SA (Geneva, Switzerland) (represented by: S. Malynicz QC and K.E. Gilbert and J. Gilbert, Solicitors)

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: Corporación Habanos, SA (Havana, Cuba) (represented by: M. Escudero Pérez, lawyer)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 10 August 2015 (Case R 3046/2014-5), relating to opposition proceedings between Corporación Habanos and JT International

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Dismisses the action;

2.

Orders JT International SA to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and by Corporación Habanos, SA.


(1)  OJ C 27, 25.1.2016.