Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2016:290
Date: 2016-05-12
Language of the case: German
Court formation: Eighth Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded

Judgment of the General Court of 12 May 2016 — Ivo-Kermartin v EUIPO — Ergo Versicherungsgruppe (ELGO) (Case T-750/14) 1 (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU word mark ELGO — Earlier EU word and figurative marks ERGO — Relative ground for refusal — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Likelihood of confusion — Successive restrictions on the application for registration — Article 43(1) of Regulation No 207/2009 — Second sentence of Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009 — Right to be heard — Rule 69 of Regulation No 2868/95) Language of the case: German Parties Applicant: Ivo-Kermartin GmbH (Walzenhausen, Switzerland) (represented by: F. Henkel, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: S. Hanne, acting as Agent) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Ergo Versicherungsgruppe AG (Düsseldorf, Germany) Re: Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 22 August 2014 (Case R 473/2014-4) relating to opposition proceedings between Ergo Versicherungsgruppe AG and Ivo-Kermartin GmbH. Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders Ivo-Kermartin GmbH to bear its own costs and to pay the costs of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO). ____________ 1 OJ C 26, 26.1.2015.