CELEX: 62010TJ0244
Language: en
Date: 2012-05-08 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 8 May 2012. # Tsakiris-Mallas AE v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM). # Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community figurative mark 7 Seven Fashion Shoes - Earlier national figurative marks Seven and 7seven - Partial refusal to register - Relative grounds for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Similarity of the signs - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009. # Case T-244/10.

Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 8 May 2012 —Tsakiris‑Mallas v OHIM — Seven (7 Seven Fashion Shoes)(Case T‑244/10)
      Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community figurative mark 7 Seven Fashion Shoes — Earlier national figurative marks Seven and 7seven — Partial refusal to register — Relative grounds for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the signs — 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 30, 59-62))
      Re:
      
         
               ACTION brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 22 March 2012 (R 1045/2009 2) relating to opposition
                  proceedings between Seven SpA and Tsakiris-Mallas AE.
               
            Operative part
      The Court:
      
         
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                  	Dismisses the action;
               
            
         
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                  	Orders Tsakiris-Mallas AE to pay the costs.