Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2011:497
Date: 2011-09-20
Language of the case: German
Court formation: Second Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - successful
Origin: Germany

Judgment of the General Court of 20 September 2011 - Meica v OHIM - TofuTown.com (TOFUKING) (Case T-99/10) 1 (Community trade mark - Opposition procedure - Application for the Community trade mark TOFUKING - Earlier national word mark King - Earlier national and Community word marks Curry King - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) Language of the case: German Parties Applicant: Meica Ammerländische Fleischwarenfabrik Fritz Meinen GmbH & Co KG (Edewecht, Germany) (represented by: S. Russlies, lawyer) 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: TofuTown.com GmbH (Wiesbaum, Germany) (represented by: B. Krause and F. Cordt, lawyers) Re: Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 7 January 2010 (Case R 63/2009-4) concerning opposition proceedings between Meica Ammerländische Fleischwarenfabrik Fritz Meinen GmbH & Co KG and TofuTown.com GmbH. Operative part of the judgment: The Court: 1. Annuls the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 7 January 2010 (Case R 63/2009-4); 2. Orders OHIM to bear its own costs and those incurred by Meica Ammerländische Fleischwarenfabrik Fritz Meinen GmbH & Co KG; 3 Orders TofuTown.com GmbH to bear its own costs. ____________ 1 - OJ C 113, 1.5.2010.