Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

**Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 24 May 2012 — Grupo Osborne v OHIM — Industria Licorera Quezalteca (TORO
XL)**

**(Case T‑169/10)**

Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark TORO XL — Early Community figurative mark XL — Relative ground for refusal — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009 — No likelihood of confusion

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 20, 56‑58)

**Re:**

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|  | ACTION brought against the decision of the second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 22 January 2010 (Case R 223/2009-2) concerning opposition proceedings between Industria Licorera Quezalteca, SA and Grupo Osborne, SA. |

**Operative part**

The Court:

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| 1. |  | Annuls the decision of the second Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 22 January 2010 (Case R 223/2009‑2); |

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| 2. |  | Orders OHIM to pay the costs. |

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