CELEX: 62011TA0135
Language: en
Date: 2012-07-10 00:00:00
Title: Case T-135/11: Judgment of the General Court of 10 July 2012 — Clorox v OHIM — Industrias Alen (CLORALEX) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark CLORALEX — Earlier national word marks CLOROX — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

18.8.2012   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 250/14
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 10 July 2012 — Clorox v OHIM — Industrias Alen (CLORALEX)
   (Case T-135/11) (1)
   
   (Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community word mark CLORALEX - Earlier national word marks CLOROX - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Similarity of the signs - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
   2012/C 250/25
   Language of the case: Spanish
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: The Clorox Company (Oakland, United States) (represented by: S. Malynicz, Barrister, and A. Chaudri, Solicitor)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: J. Crespo Carrillo, acting as Agent)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Industrias Alen SA de CV (Nuevo León, Mexico) (represented by: J. Astiz Suárez, lawyer)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 16 December 2010 (Case R 521/2009-4) concerning opposition proceedings between The Clorox Company and Industrias Alen SA de CV.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Annuls the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 16 December 2010 (Case R 521/2009-4);
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders OHIM to bear its own costs and pay the costs incurred by The Clorox Company;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders Industrias Alen SA de CV to bear its own costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 152, 21.5.2011.