Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2010:289
Date: 2010-07-07
Language of the case: German
Court formation: Fourth Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Germany

Judgment of the General Court of 7 July 2010 - Herhof v OHIM - Stabilator(stabilator) (Case T-60/09) 1 (Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for community figurative mark stabilator - Earlier Community word mark STABILAT - Relative ground for refusal - No likelihood of confusion - No similarity of goods and services - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)) Language of the case: German. Parties Applicant: Herhof-Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH (Solms, Germany) (represented by: A. Zinnecker and T. Bösling, lawyers) Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: G. Schneider, acting as Agent) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM intervening before the General Court: Stabilator sp. z o.o. (Gdynia, Poland) (represented by: M. Kacprzak, lawyer) Re: Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 16 December 2008 (Cases R 483/2008-4 and R 705/2008-4), relating to opposition proceedings between Herhof-Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH and Stabilator sp. z o.o. Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. dismisses the action; 2. orders Herhof-Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH to pay the costs. ____________ 1 - OJ C 102, of 1.5.2009.