Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

**Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 7 February 2012 —   
Run2Day Franchise v OHIM — Runners Point (Run²)  
  
(Case T‑64/11)**

Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community figurative mark Run2 — Earlier Community word and figurative marks RUN2DAY — Earlier Benelux figurative mark RUN2DATE — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the signs — 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 207/2009, Art. 8(1)(b)) (see paras 23, 45-51)

**Re:**

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|  | ACTION brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 11 November 2010 (Case R 349/2010‑1) concerning opposition proceedings between Run2Day Franchise BV and Runners Point Warenhandels GmbH. |

**Operative part**

The Court:

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| 1. |  | Annuls the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 11 November 2010 (Case R 349/2010‑1); |

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| 2. |  | Orders OHIM and Runners Point Warenhandels GmbH to pay, apart from their own costs, those incurred by Run2Day Franchise BV. |

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