CELEX: 62009TA0207
Language: en
Date: 2011-09-27 00:00:00
Title: Case T-207/09: Judgment of the General Court of 27 September 2011 — El Jirari Bouzekri v OHIM — Nike International (NC NICKOL) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community figurative mark NC NICKOL — Earlier Community figurative mark NIKE — Relative ground for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — No similarity between the signs — Article 8(5) of Regulation No 40/94)

12.11.2011   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 331/18
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 27 September 2011 — El Jirari Bouzekri v OHIM — Nike International (NC NICKOL)
   (Case T-207/09) (1)
   
   (Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community figurative mark NC NICKOL - Earlier Community figurative mark NIKE - Relative ground for refusal - No likelihood of confusion - No similarity between the signs - Article 8(5) of Regulation No 40/94)
   2011/C 331/32
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Mustapha El Jirari Bouzekri (Malaga, Spain) (represented by: E. Ragot, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: A. Folliard-Monguiral, Agent)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervener before the General Court: Nike International Ltd (Beaverton, Oregon, United States of America) (represented by: M. de Justo Bailey, lawyer)
   
      Re:
   
   ACTION brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 25 February 2009 (Case R 554/2008-2) relating to opposition proceedings between Nike International Ltd and Mustapha El Jirari Bouzekri.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Annuls the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM), of 25 February 2009 (Case R 554/2008-2).
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders OHIM to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Mustapha El Jirari Bouzekri. Nike International shall pay its own costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 167, 18.7.2009.