Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

**Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 27 June 2012 —  
Hearst Communications v OHIM — Vida Estética (COSMOBELLEZA)  
  
(Case T-344/09)**

Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark COSMOBELLEZA — Earlier national and international word and figurative marks COSMO, COSMOPOLITAN, COSMOTEST, COSMOPOLITAN TELEVISION and
THE COSMOPOLITAN SHOW — Non-registered marks and trade names COSMO and COSMOPOLITAN — Relative grounds for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — No similarity between the marks — 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 36, 98-104)

**Re:**

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|  | ACTION against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 4 June 2009 (Case R 770/2007-2) relating to opposition proceedings between Hearst Communications, Inc. and Vida Estética, SL. |

**Operative part**

The Court:

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| --- | --- | --- |
| 1. |  | Dismisses the action; |

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| --- | --- | --- |
| 2. |  | Orders Hearst Communications, Inc. to pay the costs. |

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