Judgment of the General Court of 27 September 2018 — TenneT Holding v EUIPO — Ngrid Intellectual Property (NorthSeaGrid)

(Case T-70/17) ¹

(EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU figurative mark NorthSeaGrid — Earlier EU word and figurative marks nationalgrid — Relative ground for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: TenneT Holding BV (Arnhem, Netherlands) (represented by: K. Limperg, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) (represented by: J. Crespo Carrillo, acting as Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Ngrid Intellectual Property Ltd (London, United Kingdom) (represented by: F. Traub, Solicitor)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 21 November 2016 (Case R 1607/2015-5) relating to opposition proceedings between Ngrid Intellectual Property and TenneT Holding.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

Annuls paragraph 1 of the operative part of the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 21 November 2016 (Case R 1607/2015-5) relating to opposition proceedings between Ngrid Intellectual Property Ltd and TenneT Holding BV;

Orders EUIPO to pay, in addition to its own costs, those incurred by TenneT Holding BV;

3.    Orders Ngrid Intellectual Property to bear its own costs.

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¹     OJ C 104, 3.4.2017.