Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2013:339
Date: 2013-07-03
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 3 July 2013 – GRE v OHIM – Villiger Söhne (LIBERTE brunes) (Case T-78/12) 1 (Community trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for the Community figurative mark LIBERTE brunes – Earlier Community word and figurative marks La LIBERTAD – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) Language of the case: German Parties Applicant GRE Grand River Enterprises Deutschland GmbH (Kloster Lehnin, Germany) (represented by: I. Memmler and S. Schulz, lawyers) Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: G. Schneider and D. Walicka, Agents) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervener before the General Court: Villiger Söhne GmbH (Waldshut-Tiengen, Germany) (represented by: H. McKenzie and B. Pikolin, lawyers) Re: Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 1 December 2011 (Case R 2109/2010-1), relating to opposition proceedings between Villiger Söhne GmbH and GRE Grand River Enterprises Deutschland GmbH. Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders GRE Grand River Enterprises Deutschland GmbH to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 109, 14.4.2012.