Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2013:50
Date: 2013-01-31
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Fifth Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Germany

Judgment of the General Court of 31 January 2013 - K2 Sports Europe v OHIM - Karhu Sport Iberica (SPORT) (Case T-54/12)  (Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the Community figurative mark SPORT - Earlier national and international word marks K2 SPORTS - Relative ground for refusal - No similarity of the signs - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: K2 Sports Europe GmbH (Penzberg, Germany) (represented by: J. Güell Serra, lawyer) Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: A. Folliard-Monguiral and I. Harrington, acting as Agents) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Karhu Sport Iberica, SL (Córdoba, Spain) Re: Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 29 November 2011 (Case R 986/2010-4), concerning opposition proceedings between K2 Sports Europe GmbH and Karhu Sport Iberica, SL. Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders K2 Sports Europe GmbH to pay the costs. ____________ 1 - OJ C 109, 14.4.2012.