Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 8.2.2014 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 39/23 |

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Action brought on 25 November 2013 — Ratioparts-Ersatzteile v OHIM — Norwood Promotional Products Europe (NORTHWOOD professional forest equipment)

(Case T-622/13)

2014/C 39/41

Language in which the application was lodged: German

Parties

Applicant: Ratioparts-Ersatzteile-Vertriebs GmbH (Euskirchen, Germany) (represented by: M. Koch, lawyer)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Norwood Promotional Products Europe, SL (Tarragona, Spain)

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

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| — | alter the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of 11 September 2013 (Case R 1244/2012-2) in such a way that opposition No B 176807 is rejected, and |

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| — | order the opponent to pay the costs of the opposition proceedings and the appellant to pay the costs of the appeal proceedings. |

Pleas in law and main arguments

Applicant for a Community trade mark: the applicant

Community trade mark concerned: the figurative mark ‘NORTHWOOD’ for goods and services in Classes 8, 9, 20, 25 and 35 — Community trade mark application No 9412776

Proprietor of the mark or sign cited in the opposition proceedings: Norwood Promotional Products Europe, SL

Mark or sign cited in opposition: Community word mark ‘NORWOOD’ for goods in Class 35

Decision of the Opposition Division: the opposition was upheld

Decision of the Board of Appeal: the appeal was dismissed

Pleas in law: Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009

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