Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2011:104
Date: 2011-03-22
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Third Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded

Judgment of the General Court of 22 March 2011 - Ford Motor v OHIM (Case T-486/07) 1 (Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for figurative Community trade mark CA - Earlier Community word and figurative marks KA - Relative ground for refusal - No likelihood of confusion - 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: English Parties Applicant: Ford Motor Company (Dearborn, Michigan, United States) (represented by: R. Ingerl, lawyer) Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: D. Botis, Agent) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Alkar Automotive, SA (Derio, Spain) (represented by: S. Alsonso Maruri, lawyer) Re: Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Chamber of the Board of Appeal of OHIM of 25 October 2007 (Case R 85/2006-4), relating to opposition proceedings between Ford Motor Company and Alkar Automotive, SA. Operative part of the judgment The Court: Dismisses the action; Orders Ford Motor Company to pay the costs. ____________ 1 - OJ C 51, 23.2.2008.