Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 15.3.2021 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 88/27 |

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Judgment of the General Court of 27 January 2021 — Turk Hava Yollari v EUIPO — Sky (skylife)

(Case T-382/19) [(1)](#ntr1-C_2021088EN.01002701-E0001)

(EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - International registration designating the European Union - Word mark skylife - Earlier EU word mark SKY - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))

(2021/C 88/35)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Turk Hava Yollari AO (Istanbul, Turkey) (represented by: R. Almaraz Palmero, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: J. Ivanauskas and V. Ruzek, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Sky Ltd (Isleworth, United Kingdom) (represented by: A. Brackenbury, Solicitor, and A. Zalewska, lawyer)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 23 April 2019 (Case R 880/2018-4), relating to invalidity proceedings between Sky and Turk Hava Yollari.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | Orders Turk Hava Yollari AO to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and by Sky Ltd. |

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