Judgment of the General Court of 17 February 2017 — Construlink v EUIPO — Wit-Software (GATEWIT)
(Case T-351/14) 1
(EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU word mark GATEWIT — Earlier EU figurative mark wit software — Earlier national business name Wit-Software, Consultoria e Software para a Internet Móvel, SA — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the signs — Article 8(1)(b) and (4) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Construlink — Tecnologias de Informação, SA (Lisbon, Portugal) (represented by: M. Lopes Rocha and A. Bertrand, lawyers)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: A. Lukošiūtė and D. Hanf, acting as Agents)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Wit-Software, Consultoria e Software para a Internet Móvel, SA (Lisbon, Portugal) (represented by: F. Teixeira Baptista and C. Tomás Pedro, lawyers)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 6 March 2014 (Case R 1059/2013-1), relating to opposition proceedings between Wit-Software, Consultoria e Software para a Internet Móvel and Construlink — Tecnologias de Informação.
Operative part
The Court:
Dismisses the action.
2. Orders Construlink — Tecnologias de Informação, SA to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) for the purposes of the present proceedings and by Wit-Software, Consultoria e Software para a Internet Móvel, SA for the purposes of the proceedings before the Board of Appeal.
____________1 OJ C 261, 11.8.2014.