CELEX: 62020TA0015
Language: en
Date: 2021-06-30 00:00:00
Title: Case T-15/20: Judgment of the General Court of 30 June 2021 — Skyliners v EUIPO — Sky (SKYLINERS) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU word mark SKYLINERS — Earlier EU word marks SKY — Relative ground for refusal — Article 8(1)(b) and Article 41(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) and Article 46(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Entitlement to file the opposition)

16.8.2021   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 329/21
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 30 June 2021 — Skyliners v EUIPO — Sky (SKYLINERS)
      (Case T-15/20) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU word mark SKYLINERS - Earlier EU word marks SKY - Relative ground for refusal - Article 8(1)(b) and Article 41(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) and Article 46(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) - Entitlement to file the opposition)
      (2021/C 329/26)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Skyliners GmbH (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) (represented by: A. Renck and C. Stöber, lawyers)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: A. Folliard-Monguiral 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. Zalewska, lawyer, and A. Brackenbury, Solicitor)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 29 October 2019 (Case R 798/2018-4) relating to opposition proceedings between Sky and Skyliners.
      
         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 29 October 2019 (Case R 798/2018-4);
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders EUIPO and Sky Ltd to bear their own costs and, in addition, to pay jointly those incurred by Skyliners GmbH.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 61, 24.2.2020.