Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2014:1074
Date: 2014-12-12
Language of the case: French
Court formation: Fourth Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: France

Judgment of the General Court of 12 December 2014 — Canal + group v OHIM — Euronews (News+) (Case T-591/13) 1 (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community word mark News+ — Earlier national word mark ACTU+ — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) Language of the case: French Parties Applicant: Canal + group (Issy-les-Moulineaux, France) (represented by: L. Barissat and R. Joseph, lawyers) Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: V. Melgar, Agent) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM intervening before the General Court: Euronews (Écully, France) (represented by: V. von Bomhard and J. Schmitt, lawyers) Re: Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 9 September 2013 (Case R 1533/2012-4), relating to opposition proceedings between, on the one hand, Canal + group and Canal + France and, on the other hand, Euronews. Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders Canal + group to pay the costs. ____________ ____________ 1 OJ C 31, 1.2.2014.