CELEX: 62011TA0647
Language: en
Date: 2014-04-29 00:00:00
Title: Case T-647/11: Judgment of the General Court of 29 April 2014  — Asos v OHIM — Maier (ASOS) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark ASOS — Earlier Community word mark ASSOS — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

16.6.2014   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 184/26
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 29 April 2014 — Asos v OHIM — Maier (ASOS)
   (Case T-647/11) (1)
   
   ((Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community word mark ASOS - Earlier Community word mark ASSOS - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
   2014/C 184/45
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Asos plc (London, United Kingdom) (represented by: P. Kavanagh, Solicitor, and A. Edwards-Stuart, Barrister)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (represented by: P. Geroulakos, acting as Agent)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervening before the General Court: Roger Maier (San Pietro di Stabio, Switzerland) (represented by: U. Lüken, lawyer)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 17 October 2011 (Case R 2215/2010-4), relating to opposition proceedings between Roger Maier and Asos plc.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Dismisses Mr Roger Maier’s application;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders Asos plc to bear its own costs and to pay the costs incurred by the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM);
            
         
               4.
            
            
               Orders Mr Maier to bear his own costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 58, 25. 2. 2012.