Judgment;Information — ECLI:EU:T:2024:2
Date: 2024-01-10
Language of the case: Spanish
Court formation: Second Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Spain

Judgment of the General Court of 10 January 2024 – Levantur v EUIPO – Fantasia Hotels & Resorts (Fantasia BAHIA PRINCIPE HOTELS & RESORTS) (Case T-504/22) 1 (EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU figurative trade mark Fantasia BAHIA PRINCIPE HOTELS & RESORTS – Earlier national trade name FANTASIA HOTELES – Relative ground for invalidity – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(4) and Article 60(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 – Evidence submitted for the first time before the Board of Appeal – Article 27(4) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/625) Language of the case: Spanish Parties Applicant: Levantur, SA (Murcia, Spain) (represented by: G. Marín Raigal, E. Armero Lavie, C. Caballero Pastor and J. Oria Sousa-Montes, lawyers) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: S. Palmero Cabezas, J. Ivanauskas and J. Crespo Carrillo, acting as Agents) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Fantasia Hotels & Resorts, SL (Zaragoza, Spain) (represented by: J. Vicente Martínez and J. Erdozain López, lawyers) Re: By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 20 May 2022 (Case R 1000/2021-1). Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders Levantur, SA to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and by Fantasia Hotels & Resorts, SL. ____________ 1 OJ C 380, 3.10.2022.