Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 18.1.2016 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 16/31 |

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Judgment of the General Court of 25 November 2015 — Masafi v OHIM — Hd1 (JUICE masafi)

(Case T-248/14)[(1)](#ntr1-C_2016016EN.01003102-E0001)

((Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community figurative mark JUICE masafi - Earlier national word mark masafi - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))

(2016/C 016/38)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Masafi Co. LLC (Dubai, United Arab Emirates) (represented by: G. Hinarejos Mulliez, lawyer)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: G. Schneider, acting as Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Hd1 Ltd (Huddersfield, United Kingdom)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 10 February 2014 (Case R 119/2013-4), concerning opposition proceedings between Hd1 Ltd and Masafi Co. LLC.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | Orders Masafi Co. LLC to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM). |

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