CELEX: 62012TA0304
Language: en
Date: 2014-01-16 00:00:00
Title: Case T-304/12: Judgment of the General Court of 16 January 2014 — Message Management v OHIM — Absacker (ABSACKER of Germany) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community figurative mark ABSACKER of Germany — Earlier national figurative mark ABSACKER — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

22.2.2014   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 52/35
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 16 January 2014 — Message Management v OHIM — Absacker (ABSACKER of Germany)
   (Case T-304/12) (1)
   
   (Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community figurative mark ABSACKER of Germany - Earlier national figurative mark ABSACKER - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
   2014/C 52/64
   Language of the case: German
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Message Management GmbH (Wiesbaden, Germany) (represented by: C. Konle, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: A. Pohlmann, acting as Agent)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Absacker GmbH (Cologne, Germany)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 21 March 2012 (case R 1028/2011-1), relating to opposition proceedings between Absacker GmbH and Message Management GmbH.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Message Management GmbH to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 273, 8.9.2012.