CELEX: 62017TA0080
Language: en
Date: 2017-11-08 00:00:00
Title: Case T-80/17: Judgment of the General Court of 8 November 2017 — Steiniger v EUIPO — ista Deutschland (IST) (European Union trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU figurative mark IST — Prior EU figurative mark ISTA — Relative ground for refusal — Relevant public — Similarity of the goods and services — Similarity of the signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))

18.12.2017   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 437/31
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 8 November 2017 — Steiniger v EUIPO — ista Deutschland (IST)
   (Case T-80/17) (1)
   
   ((European Union trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU figurative mark IST - Prior EU figurative mark ISTA - Relative ground for refusal - Relevant public - Similarity of the goods and services - Similarity of the signs - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)))
   (2017/C 437/38)
   Language of the case: German
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Ingo Steiniger (Nümbrecht, Germany) (represented by: K. Schulze Horn, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: V. Mensing and A. Schifko, acting as Agents)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: ista Deutschland GmbH (Essen, Germany) (represented by: F. Lindenberg, lawyer)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 1 December 2016 (Case R 2242/2015-5) concerning opposition proceedings between ista Deutschland and Mr Steiniger.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Mr Ingo Steiniger to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 112, 10.4.2017.