Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2018:618
Date: 2018-09-27
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Fifth Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Germany

Judgment of the General Court of 27 September 2018 — Ntolas v EUIPO — General Nutrition Investment (GN Laboratories) (Case T-712/17) 1 (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU word mark GN Laboratories — Earlier EU word mark GNC — Relative ground for refusal — 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: Christos Ntolas (Wuppertal, Germany) (represented by: C. Renger, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: P. Sipos and by D. Walicka, acting as Agents) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: General Nutrition Investment Co. (Wilmington, Delaware, Arizona, United States of America) Re: Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 18 July 2017 (Case R 2358/2016-5), relating to opposition proceedings between General Nutrition Investment Co. and C. Ntolas. Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders Christos Ntolas to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 437, 18.12.2017.