CELEX: 62008TJ0207
Community trade mark
Opposition proceedings
Application for Community figurative mark KIOWA
Earlier Community and national figurative marks COHIBA
Relative ground for refusal
No likelihood of confusion
No similarity of signs
Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

ACTION brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 31 March 2008 (Case R 1189/2007-2) relating to
opposition proceedings between Corporación Habanos, SA and Tabacos de Centroamérica, SL.
Information relating to the case
Applicant for the Community trade mark:
Tabacos de Centroamérica, SL
Community trade mark sought:
Figurative mark KIOWA in respect of goods in Class 34 – Application No 3963931
Proprietor of the mark or sign cited in the opposition proceedings:
Corporación Habanos, SA
Mark or sign cited in opposition:
Figurative mark COHIBA (Community mark No 3323292), word mark COHIBA (Spanish mark No 1271173) and the figurative mark COHIBA
(Spanish mark No 2052344) in respect of products in Class 34
Decision of the Opposition Division:
Opposition dismissed
Decision of the Board of Appeal:
Appeal dismissed
Operative part
The Court:
1.
Dismisses the action;
2.
Orders Corporación Habanos, SA to bear its own costs and pay those of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market
(Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM);
3.
Orders Tabacos de Centroamérica, SL to bear its own costs.