CELEX: 62012CA0558
Language: en
Date: 2014-01-23 00:00:00
Title: Case C-558/12 P: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 23 January 2014 — Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) v riha WeserGold Getränke GmbH & Co. KG (formerly Wesergold Getränkeindustrie GmbH & Co. KG), Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG (Appeal — Community trade mark — Word mark WESTERN GOLD — Opposition by the proprietor of the national, international and Community word marks WeserGold, Wesergold and WESERGOLD)

22.3.2014   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 85/9
            
         Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 23 January 2014 — Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) v riha WeserGold Getränke GmbH & Co. KG (formerly Wesergold Getränkeindustrie GmbH & Co. KG), Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG
   (Case C-558/12 P) (1)
   
   (Appeal - Community trade mark - Word mark WESTERN GOLD - Opposition by the proprietor of the national, international and Community word marks WeserGold, Wesergold and WESERGOLD)
   2014/C 85/15
   Language of the case: German
   
      Parties
   
   
      Appellant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (represented by: A. Pohlmann, Agent)
   
      Other parties to the proceedings: riha WeserGold Getränke GmbH & Co. KG (formerly Wesergold Getränkeindustrie GmbH & Co. KG) (represented by: T. Melchert, Rechtsanwalt), Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG (represented by: M. Wolter and A.K. Marx, Rechtsanwälte)
   
      Re:
   
   Appeal against the judgment of 21 September 2012 in Case T-278/10 Wesergold Getränkeindustrie v OHIM — Lidl Stiftung, by which the General Court (First Chamber) annulled the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 24 March 2010 (Case R 770/2009-1), relating to opposition proceedings between Wesergold Getränkeindustrie GmbH & Co. KG and Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG — Application for registration as a Community trade mark of the word sign ‘WESTERN GOLD’ — Likelihood of confusion with the national, international and Community word marks ‘WeserGold’, ‘Wesergold’ and ‘WESERGOLD’ — Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 of 26 February 2009 on the Community trade mark (OJ 2009 L 78, p. 1).
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Sets aside the judgment of the General Court of the European Union of 21 September 2012 in Case T-278/10 Wesergold Getränkeindustrie v OHIM — Lidl Stiftung (WESTERN GOLD);
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Refers the case back to the General Court of the European Union;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Reserves the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 32, 2.2.2013.