Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2012:163
Date: 2012-03-28
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Fifth Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded

Judgment of the General Court of 28 March 2012 - Hipp v OHIM - Nestlé (Bebio) (Case T-41/09)  (Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community word mark Bebio - Earlier Community word mark and international word mark BEBA - Partial refusal of registration - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: Hipp & Co. KG (Sachseln, Switzerland) (represented by: M. Kinkeldey and A. Bognár, lawyers) Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: D. Botis, Agent) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervening before the General Court: Société des produits Nestlé SA (Vevey, Switzerland) (represented: initially by I. Valdelomar Serrano and subsequently by R. Mottola and D. Gabarre Armengol, lawyers) Re: Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 25 November 2008 (Case R 1790/2007-2) relating to opposition proceedings between Société des Produits Nestlé, S.A. and Hipp & Co KG Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders Hipp & Co. KG to pay the costs. ____________ 1 - OJ C 82, 4.4.2009.