Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 8.6.2013 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 164/16 |

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Judgment of the General Court of 25 April 2013 — Metropolis Inmobiliarias y Restauraciones v OHIM — MIP Metro (METROINVEST)

(Case T-284/11)[(1)](#ntr1-C_2013164EN.01001601-E0001)

(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community word mark METROINVEST - Earlier national figurative mark METRO - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Principle of non-discrimination - Right to a fair hearing)

2013/C 164/28

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Metropolis Inmobiliarias y Restauraciones, SL (Barcelona, Spain) (represented by: J. Carbonell Callicó, P. Craddock and B. Vanbrabant, lawyers)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: MIP Metro Group Intellectual Property GmbH & Co. KG (Düsseldorf, Germany) (represented by: M. Berger, R. Kaase and J. C. Plate, lawyers)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 17 March 2011 (Case R 954/2010-1), relating to opposition proceedings between MIP Metro Group Intellectual Property GmbH & Co. KG and Metropolis Inmobiliarias y Restauraciones, SL

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | Orders Metropolis Inmobiliarias y Restauraciones, SL, to pay the costs. |

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