Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2014:884
Date: 2014-10-15
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Fourth Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Germany

Judgment of the General Court of 15 October 2014 — Skysoft Computersysteme v OHIM — British Sky Broadcasting Group and Sky IP International (SKYSOFT) (Case T-262/13) 1 (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark SKYSOFT — Earlier Community word mark SKY — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: Skysoft Computersysteme GmbH (Kleinmachnow, Germany) (represented by: P. Ehrlinger and T. Hagen, lawyers) Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: P. Bullock and N. Bambara, acting as Agents) Other parties to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervening before the General Court: British Sky Broadcasting Group plc (Isleworth, United Kingdom); and Sky IP International Ltd (Isleworth) (represented by J. Barry and S. Wright, solicitors, and P. Roberts, barrister) Re: Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 20 March 2013 (Case R 2503/2011-4) concerning opposition proceedings between British Sky Broadcasting Group plc and Sky IP International Ltd, on one side, and Skysoft Computersysteme GmbH, on the other. Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders Skysoft Computersysteme GmbH to pay the costs. ____________ ____________ 1 OJ C 207, 20.7.2013.