Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 10.9.2011 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 269/47 |

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Judgment of the General Court of 15 July 2011 — Ergo Versicherungsgruppe v OHIM — Société de développement et de recherche industrielle (ERGO)

(Case T-220/09)[(1)](#ntr1-C_2011269EN.01004702-E0001)

(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community word mark ERGO - Earlier Community word mark URGO - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))

2011/C 269/103

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: Ergo Versicherungsgruppe AG (Düsseldorf, Germany) (represented by: V. von Bomhard, A.W. Renck, T. Dolde and J. Pause, lawyers)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (represented by: B. Schmidt, Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervener before the General Court: Société de développement et de recherche industrielle (Chenôve, France) (represented by: K. Dröge, lawyer)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 20 March 2009 (Case R 515/2008-4) relating to opposition proceedings between Société de développement et de recherche industrielle and Ergo Versicherungsgruppe AG.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | Orders Versicherungsgruppe AG to pay the costs. |

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