Judgment of the General Court of 19 June 2018 — Damm v EUIPO — Schlossbrauerei Au, Willibald Beck Freiherr von Peccoz (EISKELLER)
(Case T-859/16) 1
(EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU figurative mark EISKELLER — Earlier national word marks KELER and KELER 18 — Relative ground for refusal — No similarity between the signs — No likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Sociedad Anónima Damm (Barcelona, Spain) (represented by: P. González-Bueno Catalán de Ocón and C. Aguilera Montañez, lawyers)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: I. Harrington, D. Hanf, V. Ruzek and D. Walicka, acting as Agents)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Schlossbrauerei Au, Willibald Beck Freiherr von Peccoz GmbH & Co. KG (Au-Hallertau, Germany) (represented by: C. Thomas and V. Schwepler, lawyers)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 5 September 2016 (Case R 2428/2015-5), relating to opposition proceedings between Sociedad Anónima Damm and Schlossbrauerei Au, Willibald Beck Freiherr von Peccoz.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Dismisses the action;
2. Orders Sociedad Anónima Damm to pay the costs.
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1 OJ C 38, 6.2.2017.