Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 21.12.2015 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 429/23 |

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Judgment of the General Court of 28 October 2015 — Monster Energy v OHIM — Home Focus (MoMo Monsters)

(Case T-736/14)[(1)](#ntr1-C_2015429EN.01002301-E0001)

((Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the Community word mark MoMo Monsters - Earlier Community word marks MONSTER and MONSTER ENERGY and earlier international figurative mark MONSTER ENERGY - Relative ground for refusal - No similarity between the goods - No likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))

(2015/C 429/29)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Monster Energy Company (Corona, California, United States) (represented by: P. Brownlow, Solicitor)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Home Focus Development Ltd (Tortola, British Virgin Islands)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 7 August 2014 (Case R 1167/2013-2), concerning opposition proceedings between Monster Energy Company and Home Focus Development Ltd.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | Orders Monster Energy Company to pay the costs. |

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