Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2017:856
Date: 2017-11-30
Language of the case: German
Court formation: Eighth Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Germany

Judgment of the General Court of 30 November 2017 — FTI Touristik v EUIPO — Prantner and Giersch (FI) (Case T-475/16) 1 (European Union trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU figurative mark FI - Prior EU figurative mark fly.de — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)) Language of the case: German Parties Applicant: FTI Touristik GmbH (Munich, Germany) (represented by: A. Parr, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: D. Walicka, acting as Agent) Other parties to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Harald Prantner (Hamburg, Germany) and Daniel Giersch (Monaco, Monaco) (represented by: S. Eble and Y.-A. Wolff, lawyers) Re: Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 16 June 2016 (Case R 480/2015-5) concerning opposition proceedings between FTI Touristik and Messrs Prantner and Giersch. Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders FTI Touristik GmbH to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 383, 17.10.2016.