Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2016:518
Date: 2016-09-20
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Third Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - successful
Origin: Czechia

Judgment of the General Court of 20 September 2016 — Excalibur City v EUIPO — Ferrero (MERLIN’S KINDERWELT) (Case T-565/15) 1 (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU word mark MERLIN’S KINDERWELT — Earlier national word mark KINDER — Relative ground for refusal — No similarity between the signs — No likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: Excalibur City s.r.o. (Znojmo, Czech Republic) (represented by: E. Engin-Deniz, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: M. Simandlova and A. Folliard-Monguiral, acting as Agents) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Ferrero SpA (Alba, Italy) (represented by: L. Ghedina and F. Jacobacci, lawyers) Re: Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 9 July 2015 (Case R 1538/2014-1), relating to opposition proceedings between Ferrero and Excalibur City. Operative part of the judgment The Court: Annuls the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 9 July 2015 (Case R 1538/2014-1); Orders EUIPO to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Excalibur City s.r.o.; Orders Ferrero SpA to bear its own costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 398, 30.11.2015.