6.11.2017
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
C 374/28
Judgment of the General Court of 22 September 2017 — Nara Tekstil Sanayi Ve Ticaret v EUIPO — NBC Fourth Realty Corp (NaraMaxx)
(Case T-586/15) (1)
((EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the EU figurative mark NaraMaxx - Earlier national word mark MAXX - Relative ground for refusal - No likelihood of confusion - No similarity between the signs - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
(2017/C 374/42)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Nara Tekstil Sanayi Ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi (Osmangazi-Bursa, Turkey) (represented by: M. López Camba and L. Monzón de la Flor, lawyers)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: S. Bonne, Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: NBC Fourth Realty Corp. (North Las Vegas, Nevada, United States) (represented: initially by D. Stone and A. Dykes, and subsequently by A. Smith, Solicitors, and S. Malynicz QC)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 27 July 2015 (Case R 1073/2014-4), relating to opposition proceedings between NBC Fourth Realty and Nara Tekstil Sanayi Ve Ticaret
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1.
Dismisses the action;
2.
Orders Nara Tekstil Sanayi Ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi to pay the costs.
(1) OJ C 406, 7.12.2015.
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