CELEX: 62012TN0205
Language: en
Date: 2012-05-16 00:00:00
Title: Case T-205/12: Action brought on 16 May 2012 — GRE v OHIM — Villiger Söhne (LIBERTE american blend)

14.7.2012   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 209/10
            
         Action brought on 16 May 2012 — GRE v OHIM — Villiger Söhne (LIBERTE american blend)
   (Case T-205/12)
   2012/C 209/17
   Language in which the application was lodged: German
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: GRE Grand River Enterprises Deutschland GmbH (Kloster Lehnin, Germany) (represented by: I. Memmler and S. Schulz, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Villiger Söhne GmbH (Waldshut-Tiengen, Germany)
   
      Form of order sought
   
   The applicant claims that the Court should:
   
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               annul the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) of 1 March 2012 in Case R 387/2011-1;
            
         
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               order the defendant to pay the costs.
            
         
      Pleas in law and main arguments
   
   
      Applicant for a Community trade mark: the applicant
   
      Community trade mark concerned: the figurative mark ‘LIBERTE american blend’ for goods in Class 34 — application No 7 481 211
   
      Proprietor of the mark or sign cited in the opposition proceedings: Villiger Söhne GmbH
   
      Mark or sign cited in opposition: the word mark ‘LA LIBERTAD’ and the figurative mark ‘La LIBERTAD’ for goods in Classes 14 and 34
   
      Decision of the Opposition Division: the opposition was upheld
   
      Decision of the Board of Appeal: the appeal was dismissed
   
      Pleas in law: Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009