Judgment of the General Court of 10 January 2024 – Levantur v EUIPO – Fantasia Hotels & Resorts (LUXURY BAHIA PRINCIPE FANTASIA Don Pablo Collection)
(Case T-505/22) 1
(EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU figurative trade mark LUXURY BAHIA PRINCIPE FANTASIA Don Pablo Collection – Earlier national trade name FANTASIA HOTELES – Relative ground for invalidity – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(4) and Article 53(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(4) and Article 60(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) – Evidence submitted for the first time before the Board of Appeal – Article 27(4) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/625)
Language of the case: Spanish
Parties
Applicant: Levantur, SA (Murcia, Spain) (represented by: G. Marín Raigal, E. Armero Lavie, C. Caballero Pastor and J. Oria Sousa-Montes, lawyers)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: S. Palmero Cabezas, J. Ivanauskas and J. Crespo Carrillo, acting as Agents)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Fantasia Hotels & Resorts, SL (Zaragoza, Spain) (represented by: J. Vicente Martínez and J. Erdozain López, lawyers)
Re:
By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 20 May 2022 (Case R 1973/2020-1).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Dismisses the action;
2. Orders Levantur, SA to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and by Fantasia Hotels & Resorts, SL.
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1 OJ C 380, 3.10.2022.