Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2015:635
Date: 2015-09-15
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

Action brought on 5 November 2012 - Nestlé Unternehmungen Deutschland v OHIM - Lotte (LOTTE) (Case T-483/12) Language in which the application was lodged: German Parties Applicant: Nestlé Unternehmungen Deutschland GmbH (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) (represented by: A. Jaeger-Lenz, lawyer) Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Lotte Co. Ltd (Tokyo, Japan) Form of order sought Annul the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) of 3 September 2012 in case R 2103/2010-4; order the defendant to pay the costs. Pleas in law and main arguments Applicant for a Community trade mark: Lotte Co. Ltd Community trade mark concerned: Figurative mark containing the word element 'LOTTE' and an image of a koala on a tree, holding a smaller koala, for goods in Class 30 - Community trade mark application 6 158 463 Proprietor of the mark or sign cited in the opposition proceedings: Nestlé Unternehmungen Deutschland GmbH Mark or sign cited in opposition: National figurative marks containing the word elements 'KOALA BÄREN' and 'KOALA' and an image of a koala holding a smaller koala, for goods in Class 30 Decision of the Opposition Division: Opposition allowed Decision of the Board of Appeal: Appeal granted; decision of the Opposition Division annulled Pleas in law: Infringement of Article 42(2) and (3) of Regulation No 207/2009, Rule 22(2) of Regulation No 2868/95 and Article 15(1) of Regulation No 207/2009 ____________