Notices for publication in the OJ nº T-71/17 of Tribunal General de la Unión Europea, July 20, 2018

• Resolution Date: July 20, 2018
• Issuing Organization: Tribunal General de la Unión Europea
• Decision Number: T-71/17

Judgment of the General Court of 26 June 2018 - France.com v EUIPO - France (FRANCE.com)

(Case T-71/17) ¹

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the EU figurative mark FRANCE.com - Earlier international figurative mark France - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Similarity of the signs - 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: France.com (Coral Gables, Florida, United States) (represented by: A. Bertrand, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: D. Hanf, acting as Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: French Republic (represented by: F. Alabrune, D. Colas and D. Segoin, acting as Agents)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 20 October 2016 (Case R 2452/2015-1) relating to opposition proceedings between the French Republic and France.com.

Operative part of the judgment

The...