CELEX: 62009TA0001
Language: en
Date: 2011-09-20 00:00:00
Title: Case T-1/09: Judgment of the General Court of 20 September 2011 — Dornbracht v OHIM — Metaform Lucchese (META) (Community trade mark — Opposition procedure — Application for the Community word mark META — Earlier Community figurative mark METAFORM — Relative grounds for refusal — Similarity of the goods and the signs — Refusal of registration — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) — Likelihood of confusion)

29.10.2011   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 319/14
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 20 September 2011 — Dornbracht v OHIM — Metaform Lucchese (META)
   (Case T-1/09) (1)
   
   (Community trade mark - Opposition procedure - Application for the Community word mark META - Earlier Community figurative mark METAFORM - Relative grounds for refusal - Similarity of the goods and the signs - Refusal of registration - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) - Likelihood of confusion)
   2011/C 319/27
   Language of the case: German
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Aloys F. Dornbracht GmbH & Co KG (Iserlohn, Germany) (represented by: P. Mes, C. Graf von der Groeben, G. Rother, J. Bühling, A. Verhauwen, J. Künzel, D. Jestaedt and M. Bergermann, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: S. Schäffner, agent)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Metaform Lucchese SpA (Pescaglia, Italy) (represented by: P. Pozzi and A. Perani, lawyers)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 3 November 2008 (Case R 1152/2006-4) concerning opposition proceedings between Metaform Lucchese SpA and Aloys F. Dornbracht GmbH & Co KG.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Dornbracht GmbH & Co. KG to pay the costs of the present proceedings.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 69, 21.3.2009.