Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 22.12.2012 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 399/20 |

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Judgment of the General Court of 14 November 2012 — Evonik Industries v OHIM — Impulso Industrial Alternativo (Impulso creador)

(Case T-529/11)[(1)](#ntr1-C_2012399EN.01002002-E0001)

(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community word mark Impulso creador - Earlier figurative Community mark IMPULSO - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Similarity of signs - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

2012/C 399/36

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) (represented by: J. Albrecht, lawyer)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Impulso Industrial Alternativo, SA (Madrid, Spain) (represented by F. Brandolini Kujman and J. Devaureix, lawyers)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 20 June 2011 (Case R 1101/2010-2), concerning opposition proceedings between Impulso Industrial Alternativo, SA and Evonik Industries AG.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | Orders Evonik Industries AG to pay the costs. |

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