Judgment of the General Court of 8 December 2015 — Compagnie générale des établissements Michelin v OHIM — Continental Reifen Deutschland (XKING)
(Case T-525/14) 1
(Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community figurative mark XKING — Earlier national figurative mark X — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Compagnie générale des établissements Michelin (Clermont-Ferrand, France) (represented initially by L. Carlini, and subsequently by E. Carrillo, lawyers)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: M. Fischer, acting as Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervener before the General Court: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH (Hanover, Germany) (represented by: S. Gillert, K. Vanden Bossche, B. Köhn-Gerdes and J. Schumacher, lawyers)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 5 May 2014 (Case R 1522/2013-4), relating to opposition proceedings between Compagnie générale des établissements Michelin and Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Annuls the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 5 May 2014 (Case R 1522/2013-4);
Orders OHIM to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Compagnie générale des établissements Michelin;
Orders Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH to bear its own costs.
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1     OJ C 303, 8.9.2014.