Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 28 June 2012 —XXXLutz Marken v OHIM
(Case C-306/11 P)
Appeal — Community trade mark — Regulation (EC) No 40/94 — Figurative mark Linea Natura Natur hat immer Stil — Opposition by the proprietor of the Community figurative mark natura selection — Relative grounds for refusal — Likelihood of confusion
1.                     Community trade mark — Definition and acquisition of the Community trade mark — Relative grounds for refusal — Opposition
by the proprietor of an earlier identical or similar mark registered for identical or similar goods or services — Similarity
of the marks concerned — Criteria for assessment — Composite mark (Council Regulation No 40/94, Art. 8(1)(b)) (see paras 39-41)
2.                     Appeals — Grounds — Incorrect assessment of the facts and evidence — Inadmissibility — Review by the Court of the assessment
of the facts and evidence — Possible only where the clear sense of the evidence has been distorted (Art. 256(1) TFEU; Statute
of the Court of Justice, Art. 58(1)) (see para. 50)
Re:
Appeal against the judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 24 March 2011 in Case T-54/09
XXXLutz Marken
v
OHIM — Natura Selection (Linea Natura Natur hat immer Stil)
dismissing the action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 28 November 2008 (Case R 1787/2007-2)
relating to opposition proceedings between Natura Selection, SL and XXXLutz Marken GmbH — Likelihood of confusion between
the figurative signs ‘natura selection’ and ‘Linea Natura Natur hat immer Stil’ — Erroneous assessment of the similarity of
those signs — Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94.
Operative part
The Court:
1.
Dismisses the appeal;
2.
Orders XXXLutz Marken GmbH to pay the costs.