CELEX: 62009TJ0203
Language: en
Date: 2011-05-05 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 5 May 2011. # Olymp Bezner GmbH & Co. KG v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM). # Community trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - Community word mark OLYMP - Earlier national figurative mark OLIMPO - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Similarity of the signs - Article 8(1)(b) and Article 52(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) and Article 53(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009). # Case T-203/09.

Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 5 May 2011 – Olymp Bezner v OHIM – Bellido (Olymp)
      (Case T-203/09)
      Community trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – Community word mark OLYMP – Earlier national figurative mark OLIMPO – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Similarity of the signs – Article 8(1)(b) and Article 52(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) and Article 53(1)(a) of Regulation
         (EC) No 207/2009)
      
      Community trade mark – Surrender, revocation and invalidity – Relative grounds of invalidity – Existence of an identical or similar earlier trade mark registered for identical or similar goods or services (Council Regulation
         No 40/94, Arts 8(1)(b) and 52(1)(a)) (see paras 30, 60-62)
      
      Re:
      
         
               ACTION brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 11 March 2009 (Case R 531/2008-2) relating to
                  invalidity proceedings between Miguel Bellido SA and Olymp Bezner GmbH & Co. KG.
               
            Information relating to the case 
      
               Registered Community trade mark of which cancellation sought: 
            
            
               Word mark Olymp for goods in Class 25 – Application No 1158328
            
         
               Proprietor of the Community trade mark: 
            
            
               Olymp Bezner GmbH & Co. KG 
            
         
               Party requesting the declaration of invalidity of the Community trade mark: 
            
            
               Miguel Bellido, SA
            
         
               Trade mark of the party seeking cancellation: 
            
            
               Spanish trade mark registration of the figurative mark OLIMPO for goods in Class 25
            
         
               Decision of the Cancellation Division: 
            
            
               Community trade mark concerned declared invalid
            
         
               Decision of the Board of Appeal: 
            
            
               Appeal dismissed
            
         
      Operative part 
      The Court:
      
         
                  1.
               
               
                  
               
               
                  	Dismisses the action;
               
            
         
                  2.
               
               
                  
               
               
                  	Orders Olymp Bezner GmbH & Co. KG to pay the costs.