Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2015:842
Date: 2015-11-12
Language of the case: German
Court formation: Fifth Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded;Action for annulment - successful

Judgment of the General Court of 12 November 2015 – Société des produits Nestlé v OHIM – Terapia (ALETE) (Case T-544/14) 1 (Community trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for Community word mark ALETE – Earlier national word mark ALETA – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 – Suspension of the administrative proceedings – Rule 20(7)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 2868/95) Language of the case: German Parties Applicant: Société des produits Nestlé SA (Vevey, Switzerland) (represented by: A. Jaeger-Lenz, A. Lambrecht and S. Cobet-Nüse, lawyers) Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: G. Schneider, Agent) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Terapia SA (Cluj Napoca, Romania) Re: Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 19 May 2014 (Case R 1128/2013-4) concerning opposition proceedings between Terapia SA and Société des produits Nestlé SA. Operative part of the judgment The Court: Annuls the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 19 May 2014 (Case R 1128/2013-4); Dismisses the action as to the remainder; Orders OHIM to bear its own costs and to pay the costs incurred by Société des produits Nestlé. ____________ 1 OJ C 339, 29.9.2014.