CELEX: 62017TA0418
Language: en
Date: 2018-09-13 00:00:00
Title: Case T-418/17: Judgment of the General Court of 13 September 2018 — Eduard Meier v EUIPO — Calzaturificio Elisabet (Safari Club) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU word mark Safari Club — Earlier national figurative mark WS Walk Safari — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))

29.10.2018   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 392/28
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 13 September 2018 — Eduard Meier v EUIPO — Calzaturificio Elisabet (Safari Club)
      (Case T-418/17) (1)
      
      ((EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the EU word mark Safari Club - Earlier national figurative mark WS Walk Safari - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Similarity of signs - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)))
      (2018/C 392/34)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Eduard Meier GmbH (Munich, Germany) (represented by S. Schicker and M. Knitter, lawyers)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by J. Ivanauskas, acting as Agent)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Calzaturificio Elisabet Srl (Monte Urano, Italy)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 2 May 2017 (Case R 1158/2016-4) relating to opposition proceedings between Calzaturificio Elisabet and Eduard Meier.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Annuls the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 2 May 2017 (Case R 1158/2016-4), in so far as it upheld the opposition to registration of the EU word mark Safari Club for the goods ‘game bags’ and ‘clothing for hunting, clothing and hunting boots’;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Dismisses the remainder of the action;
               
            
                  3.
               
               
                  Orders each party to bear its own costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 277, 21.8.2017.