Judgment of the General Court of 29 April 2015 — Hostel Tourist World v OHIM — WRI Nominees (HostelTouristWorld.com)
(Case T-566/13) 1
(Community trade mark — Cancellation proceedings — Community figurative mark HostelTouristWorld.com — Earlier international word mark HOSTELWORLD.COM — Relative ground for refusal — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Minimal inherent distinctiveness of the earlier mark — Likelihood of confusion)
Language of the case: Spanish
Parties
Applicant: Hostel Tourist World, SL (Seville, Spain) (represented by: J. Bartrina Díaz, lawyer)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: S. Palmero Cabezas, acting as Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervener before the General Court: WRI Nominees Ltd (Luxembourg, Luxembourg) (represented initially by G. Kelly and A. Payne, solicitors, subsequently by A. Payne, J. Llevat Vallespinosa and J.-Y. Teindas Maillard, lawyers)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 26 August 2013 (Case R 966/2012-4) concerning cancellation proceedings between the company WRI Nominees Ltd and Hostel Tourist World, SL.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Dismisses the action;
2. Orders Hostel Tourist World, SL to pay the costs.
________________________1 OJ C 31, 1.2.2014.