Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2011:593
Date: 2011-10-13
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Sixth Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Germany

Judgment of the General Court of 13 October 2011 - NEC Display Solutions Europe GmbH v OHIM - Nokia (NaViKey) (Case T-393/09) 1 (Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community word mark NaViKey - Earlier Community word mark NAVI - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Breach of the duty to state reasons - Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: NEC Display Solutions Europe GmbH (Munich, Germany) (represented by: P. Munzinger, lawyer) Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: S. Hanne, Agent) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Nokia Corp. (Espoo, Finland) (represented by J. Tanhuanpää, lawyer) Re: Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 16 June 2009 (Case R 1143/2008-2), relating to opposition proceedings between Nokia Corp. and NEC Display Solutions Europe GMbH. Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders NEC Display Solutions Europe GmbH to pay the costs. ____________ 1 - OJ C 297, 5.12.2009.