General Court 20-02-2013 ECLI:EU:T:2013:82

Data

Court: General Court

Case date: 20 februari 2013

Verdict

Judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 20 February 2013 — Caventa v OHIM — Anson’s Herrenhaus (BERG)

(Case T-225/11)

"Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the Community figurative mark BERG - Earlier Community word mark Christian Berg - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009"

ProcedureApplication initiating proceedingsFormal requirementsSummary statement of pleas (Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 44(1)(c)) (see paras 14, 15)

Community trade markAppeals procedureAction before the EU judicatureLimitation of the list of products and services after the decision of the Board of AppealConsequences (Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 135(4); Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 43(1)) (see paras 21-23)

Community trade markDefinition and acquisition of the Community trade markRelative grounds for refusalOpposition by the proprietor of an earlier identical or similar mark registered for identical or similar goods or servicesLikelihood of confusion with the earlier markFigurative mark BERG and word mark Christian Berg (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 8(1)(b)) (see paras 33, 40, 58, 62-66, 71)

Re:

ACTION brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 10 February 2011 (Case R 740/2010-1), relating to opposition proceedings between Anson’s Herrenhaus KG and Caventa AG.

Operative part

The Court:

Dismisses the action;

Orders Caventa AG to pay the costs.