Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

**Judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 28 March 2012 — Hipp v OHIM — Nestlé (Bebio)**

**(Case T‑41/09)**

Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark Bebio — Earlier Community word mark and international word mark BEBA — Partial refusal of registration — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now 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 40/94, Art. 8(1)(b)) (see paras 30, 55-57)

**Re:**

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|  | ACTION brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 25 November 2008 (Case R 1790/2007-2) relating to opposition proceedings between Société des Produits Nestlé, S.A. and Hipp & Co KG. |

**Operative part**

The Court:

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| 1. |  | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. |  | Orders Hipp & Co. KG to pay the costs. |

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