Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2011:455
Date: 2011-09-09
Language of the case: German
Court formation: First Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Germany

Judgment of the General Court of 9 September 2011 - BVR v OHIM - Austria Leasing (Austria Leasing Gesellschaft m.b.H. Mitglied der Raiffeisen-Bankengruppe Österreich) (Case T-197/10) 1 (Community trade mark - Opposition Proceedings - Application for Community figurative mark Austria Leasing Gesellschaft m.b.H Mitglied der Raiffeisen-Bankengruppe Österreich - Earlier national figurative mark Raiffeisenbank - No likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) Language of the case: German Parties Applicant: Bundesverband der Deutschen Volksbanken und Raiffeisenbanken e.V. (BVR) (Berlin, Germany) (represented by: I. Rinke, lawyer) Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: B. Schmidt, Agent) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervener before the General Court: Austria Leasing GmbH (Eschborn, Germany) (represented by: B. Joachim, lawyer) Re: Action brought for the annulment of the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 3 February 2010 (Case R 248/2009-1), relating to opposition proceedings between the Bundesverband der Deutschen Volksbanken und Raiffeisenbanken e.V. (BVR) and Austria Leasing GmbH. Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders the Bundesverband der Deutschen Volksbanken und Raiffeisenbanken e.V. (BVR) to pay the costs. ____________ 1 - OJ C 179, 3.7.2010.