Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

**Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 23 November 2011 – Monster Cable Products v OHIM – Live Nation (Music) UK
(MONSTER ROCK)**

**(Case T-216/10)**

Community trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for Community word mark MONSTER ROCK – Earlier national mark MONSTERS OF ROCK – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Similarity of the goods – Similarity of the signs – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009

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 (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 8(1)(b)) (see paras 17, 53-54)

**Re:**

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|  | ACTION brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 24 February 2010 (Case R 216/2009-1), concerning opposition proceedings between Live Nation (Music) UK Ltd and Monster Cable Products, Inc. |

**Operative part**

The Court:

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| 1. |  | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. |  | Orders Monster Cable Products, Inc. to pay the costs. |

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