CELEX: 62014TA0777
Language: en
Date: 2016-04-28 00:00:00
Title: Case T-777/14: Judgment of the General Court of 28 April 2016 — Fon Wireless v EUIPO — Henniger (Neofon) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU word mark Neofon — Earlier national word mark FON — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

13.6.2016   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 211/47
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 28 April 2016 — Fon Wireless v EUIPO — Henniger (Neofon)
      (Case T-777/14) (1)
      
      ((EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU word mark Neofon - Earlier national word mark FON - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
      (2016/C 211/58)
      Language of the case: German
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Fon Wireless Ltd (London, United Kingdom) (represented by: J.-B. Devaureix and L. Montoya Terán, lawyers)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: D. Walicka, acting as Agent)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Andreas Henniger (Starnberg, Germany) (represented by: T. von Groll-Schacht, lawyer)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 15 September 2014 (Case R 2519/2013-4), relating to opposition proceedings between Fon Wireless Ltd and Andreas Henniger.
      
         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 15 September 2014 (Case R 2519/2013-4);
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders EUIPO to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Fon Wireless Ltd;
               
            
                  3.
               
               
                  Orders Andreas Henniger to bear his own costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 26, 26.1.2015.