Order of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 28 June 2012 —TofuTown.com v Meica and OHIM
(Case C-599/11 P)
Appeal — Article 119 of the Rules of Procedure — Community trade mark — Application for registration of the word sign ‘TOFUKING’ — Opposition by the proprietor of the trade mark Curry King — Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Article 8(1)(b) — Likelihood of confusion — Degree of similarity
1.                     Appeals — Grounds — Grounds which are manifestly inadmissible or manifestly unfounded — Rejection (Rules of Procedure of the
Court, Art. 119) (see paras 17-36)
2.                     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 — Likelihood
of confusion with the earlier mark — Criteria for assessment (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 8(1)(b)) (see paras 29-31)
Re:
Appeal against the judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 20 September 2011 in Case T-99/10
Meica
v
OHIM
—
TofuTown.com
(
TOFUKING
), in which the General Court annulled the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 7 January 2010 (Case R 63/2009-4)
concerning opposition proceedings between Meica Ammerländische Fleischwarenfabrik Fritz Meinen GmbH & Co. KG and TofuTown.com
GmbH — Likelihood of confusion.
Operative part:
1.
The appeal is dismissed.
2.
TofuTown.com GmbH is ordered to bear its own costs and to pay the costs incurred by Meica Ammerländische Fleischwarenfabrik
Fritz Meinen GmbH & Co. KG.
3.
The Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) is ordered to bear its own costs.