CELEX: 62016TA0475
Language: en
Date: 2017-11-30 00:00:00
Title: Case T-475/16: Judgment of the General Court of 30 November 2017 — FTI Touristik v EUIPO — Prantner and Giersch (FI) (European Union trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU figurative mark FI — Prior EU figurative mark fly.de — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))

22.1.2018   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 22/35
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 30 November 2017 — FTI Touristik v EUIPO — Prantner and Giersch (FI)
   (Case T-475/16) (1)
   
   ((European Union trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU figurative mark FI - Prior EU figurative mark fly.de - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Similarity of the signs - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)))
   (2018/C 022/48)
   Language of the case: German
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: FTI Touristik GmbH (Munich, Germany) (represented by: A. Parr, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: D. Walicka, acting as Agent)
   
      Other parties to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Harald Prantner (Hamburg, Germany) and Daniel Giersch (Monaco, Monaco) (represented by: S. Eble and Y.-A. Wolff, lawyers)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 16 June 2016 (Case R 480/2015-5) concerning opposition proceedings between FTI Touristik and Messrs Prantner and Giersch.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders FTI Touristik GmbH to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 383, 17.10.2016.