Judgment of the General Court of 17 April 2018 — Şölen Çikolata Gıda Sanayi ve Ticaret v EUIPO (BOBO cornet)

(Case T-648/16) ¹

(European Union trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU figurative mark BOBO cornet — Prior EU figurative mark OZMO cornet — 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: Şölen Çikolata Gıda Sanayi ve Ticaret AŞ (Şehitkamil Gaziantep, Turkey) (represented by: T. Tsenova, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: A. Folliard-Monguiral, acting as Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Elka Zaharieva (Plovdiv, Bulgaria)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 20 July 2016 (Case R 906/2015-4) concerning opposition proceedings between Şölen Çikolata Gıda Sanayi ve Ticaret and Ms Zaharieva.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.    Dismisses the action;

2.    Orders Şölen Çikolata Gıda Sanayi ve Ticaret AŞ to pay the costs.

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¹     OJ C 402, 31.10.2016.