CELEX: 62008TJ0260
Language: en
Date: 2012-01-24
Title: Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 24 January 2012. # Indo Internacional, SA v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM). # Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community word mark VISUAL MAP - Earlier national word mark VISUAL - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009). # Case T-260/08.

Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 24 January 2012 – Indo Internacional v OHIM – Visual (VISUAL MAP)
      (Case T-260/08)
      Community trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for Community word mark VISUAL MAP – Earlier national word mark VISUAL – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
      Community trade mark – Definition and acquisition of the Community trade mark – Relative grounds for refusal – Opposition by the proprietor of an earlier identical or similar mark registered for identical or similar goods or services
         – Likelihood of confusion with the earlier mark (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 8(1)(b)) (see paras 25-30, 42-47)
      
      Re: 
      
         
               ACTION brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 15 April 2008 (Case R 700/2007‑1), concerning
                  opposition proceedings between Visual SA and Indo Internacional, SA.
               
            Operative part
      The Court:
      
         
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                  	Dismisses the action;
               
            
         
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                  	Orders Indo Internacional, SA to pay the costs.