Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2012:295
Date: 2012-06-13
Language of the case: German
Court formation: Third Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Germany

Judgment of the General Court of 13 June 2012 - Hotel Reservation Service Robert Ragge v OHIM - Promotora Imperial (iHotel) (Case T-277/11)  (Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community word mark iHotel - Earlier Community figurative mark i-hotel - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) Language of the case: German Parties Applicant: Hotel Reservation Service Robert Ragge GmbH (Cologne, Germany) (represented by: M. Koch and D. Hötte, 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: Promotora Imperial SA (Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain) Re: Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 24 February 2011 (Case R 832/2010-1) relating to opposition proceedings between Promotora Imperial SA and Hotel Reservation Service Robert Ragge GmbH. Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders Hotel Reservation Service Robert Ragge GmbH to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by OHIM. ____________ 1 - OJ C 238, 13.8.2011.