CELEX: 62010TA0099
Language: en
Date: 2011-09-20 00:00:00
Title: Case T-99/10: Judgment of the General Court of 20 September 2011 — Meica v OHIM — TofuTown.com (TOFUKING) (Community trade mark — Opposition procedure — Application for the Community trade mark TOFUKING — Earlier national word mark King — Earlier national and Community word marks Curry King — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

29.10.2011   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 319/17
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 20 September 2011 — Meica v OHIM — TofuTown.com (TOFUKING)
   (Case T-99/10) (1)
   
   (Community trade mark - Opposition procedure - Application for the Community trade mark TOFUKING - Earlier national word mark King - Earlier national and Community word marks Curry King - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
   2011/C 319/35
   Language of the case: German
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Meica Ammerländische Fleischwarenfabrik Fritz Meinen GmbH & Co KG (Edewecht, Germany) (represented by: S. Russlies, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: G. Schneider, agent)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: TofuTown.com GmbH (Wiesbaum, Germany) (represented by: B. Krause and F. Cordt, lawyers)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 7 January 2010 (Case R 63/2009-4) concerning opposition proceedings between Meica Ammerländische Fleischwarenfabrik Fritz Meinen GmbH & Co KG and TofuTown.com GmbH.
   
      Operative part of the judgment:
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Annuls the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 7 January 2010 (Case R 63/2009-4);
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders OHIM to bear its own costs and those incurred by Meica Ammerländische Fleischwarenfabrik Fritz Meinen GmbH & Co KG;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders TofuTown.com GmbH to bear its own costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 113, 1.5.2010.