30.4.2018
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
C 152/34
Judgment of the General Court of 13 March 2018 — Hotelbeds Spain v EUIPO — Guidigo Europe (Guidego what to do next)
(Case T-346/17) (1)
((EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU figurative mark Guidego what to do next - Earlier EU word mark GUIDIGO - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)))
(2018/C 152/42)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Hotelbeds Spain, SL (Palma de Mallorca, Spain) (represented by: L. Broschat García, lawyer)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: J. Ivanauskas, acting as Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Guidigo Europe (Paris, France) (represented by: S. Lipovetsky, lawyer)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 21 March 2017 (Case R 449/2016-4), relating to opposition proceedings between Guidigo Europe and Hotelbeds Spain.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1.
Dismisses the action;
2.
Orders Hotelbeds Spain, SL to pay the costs.
(1) OJ C 239, 24.7.2017.