CELEX: 62014TA0750
Language: en
Date: 2016-05-12 00:00:00
Title: Case T-750/14: Judgment of the General Court of 12 May 2016 — Ivo-Kermartin v EUIPO — Ergo Versicherungsgruppe (ELGO) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU word mark ELGO — Earlier EU word and figurative marks ERGO — Relative ground for refusal — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Likelihood of confusion — Successive restrictions on the application for registration — Article 43(1) of Regulation No 207/2009 — Second sentence of Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009 — Right to be heard — Rule 69 of Regulation No 2868/95)

27.6.2016   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 232/14
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 12 May 2016 — Ivo-Kermartin v EUIPO — Ergo Versicherungsgruppe (ELGO)
   (Case T-750/14) (1)
   
   ((EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU word mark ELGO - Earlier EU word and figurative marks ERGO - Relative ground for refusal - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Likelihood of confusion - Successive restrictions on the application for registration - Article 43(1) of Regulation No 207/2009 - Second sentence of Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009 - Right to be heard - Rule 69 of Regulation No 2868/95))
   (2016/C 232/18)
   Language of the case: German
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Ivo-Kermartin GmbH (Walzenhausen, Switzerland) (represented by: F. Henkel, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: S. Hanne, acting as Agent)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Ergo Versicherungsgruppe AG (Düsseldorf, Germany)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 22 August 2014 (Case R 473/2014-4) relating to opposition proceedings between Ergo Versicherungsgruppe AG and Ivo-Kermartin GmbH.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Ivo-Kermartin GmbH to bear its own costs and to pay the costs of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO).
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 26, 26.1.2015.