Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2013:532
Date: 2013-10-16
Language of the case: English
Court formation: First Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: United Kingdom

Action brought on 12 October 2012 - Zoo Sport v OHIM - K-2 (ZOOSPORT) (Case T-453/12) Language in which the application was lodged: English Parties Applicant: Zoo Sport Ltd (Leeds, United Kingdom) (represented by: I. Rungg, lawyer) Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: K-2 Corp. (Seattle, United States) Form of order sought The applicant claims that the Court should: Vary the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) of 9 August 2012 in case R 1119/2011-4, so as to reject the opposition in its entirety; and Order the defendant to bear the costs of the proceedings. Pleas in law and main arguments Applicant for a Community trade mark: The applicant Community trade mark concerned: The word mark "ZOOSPORT", for goods and services in classes 18, 25 and 35 - Community trade mark application No 8909251 Proprietor of the mark or sign cited in the opposition proceedings: The other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal Mark or sign cited in opposition: Community trade mark registration No 5233119 for the word mark "ZOOT", for goods in classes 9 and 25; Community trade mark registration No 4719316 for the figurative mark in black and white "SPORTS ZOOT SPORTS", for goods and services in classes 25, 35, 36 and 41 Decision of the Opposition Division: Upheld the opposition for part of the contested goods and services Decision of the Board of Appeal: Partially annulled the contested decision Pleas in law: Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Council Regulation No 207/2009. ____________