CELEX: 62010TJ0270
Language: en
Date: 2012-05-03
Title: Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 3 May 2012. # Conceria Kara Srl v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM). # Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community word mark KARRA - Earlier national and Community figurative marks Kara - Company name Conceria Kara Srl and trade name Kara - Relative grounds for refusal - First sentence of Article 75 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Article 42(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Article 8(4) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Article 8 of the Paris Convention - Bad faith. # Case T-270/10.

Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 3 May 2012 —Conceria Kara v OHIM — Dima (KARRA)(Case T‑270/10)
      Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark KARRA — Earlier national and Community figurative marks Kara — Company name Conceria Kara Srl and trade name Kara — Relative grounds for refusal — First sentence of Article 75 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Article 42(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Article 8(4) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Article 8 of the Paris Convention — Bad faith
      1.                     Community trade mark — Definition and acquisition of the Community trade mark — Relative grounds for refusal — Opposition
            by the holder of an unregistered mark or other sign used in trade — Conditions (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 8(4))
            (see paras 67, 68)
      2.                     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 73‑75)
      Re: 
      
         
               ACTION brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 29 March 2010 (Case R 1172/2009-2) relating to
                  opposition proceedings between Conceria Kara Srl and Dima — Gida Tekstil Deri Insaat Maden Turizm Orman Urünleri Sanayi Ve
                  Ticaret Ltd Sti.
               
            Operative part
      The Court: 
      
         
                  1.
               
               
                  
               
               
                  	Dismisses the action;
               
            
         
                  2.
               
               
                  
               
               
                  	Orders Conceria Kara Srl to pay the costs.