Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2012:598
Date: 2012-11-14
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 14 November 2012 - Evonik Industries v OHIM - Impulso Industrial Alternativo (Impulso creador) (Case T-529/11)  (Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community word mark Impulso creador - Earlier figurative Community mark IMPULSO - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Similarity of signs - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) (represented by: J. Albrecht, lawyer) Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: P. Bullock, acting as Agent) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Impulso Industrial Alternativo, SA (Madrid, Spain) (represented by F. Brandolini Kujman and J. Devaureix, lawyers) Re: Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 20 June 2011 (Case R 1101/2010-2), concerning opposition proceedings between Impulso Industrial Alternativo, SA and Evonik Industries AG. Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders Evonik Industries AG to pay the costs. ____________ 1 - OJ C 362, 10.12.2011.