Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2021:45
Date: 2021-01-27
Language of the case: English
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded

Judgment of the General Court of 27 January 2021 – Turk Hava Yollari v EUIPO – Sky (skylife) (Case T-382/19) 1 (EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – International registration designating the European Union – Word mark skylife – Earlier EU word mark SKY – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: Turk Hava Yollari AO (Istanbul, Turkey) (represented by: R. Almaraz Palmero, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: J. Ivanauskas and V. Ruzek, acting as Agents) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Sky Ltd (Isleworth, United Kingdom) (represented by: A. Brackenbury, Solicitor, and A. Zalewska, lawyer) Re: Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 23 April 2019 (Case R 880/2018-4), relating to invalidity proceedings between Sky and Turk Hava Yollari. Operative part of the judgment The Court: Dismisses the action; Orders Turk Hava Yollari AO to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and by Sky Ltd. ____________ 1 OJ C 270, 12.8.2019.