CELEX: 62006TJ0204
Language: en
Date: 2009-06-10 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Fifth Chamber) of 10 June 2009. # Vivartia ABEE Proïonton Diatrofis kai Ypiresion Estiasis v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM). # Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community figurative mark milko ΔΕΛΤΑ - Earlier Community figurative mark MILKA - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Similarity of the signs - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009. # Case T-204/06.

Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Fifth Chamber) of 10 June 2009 – Vivartia v OHIM – Kraft Foods Schweiz (milko ΔΕΛΤΑ)
      (Case T-204/06)
      Community trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for Community figurative mark milko ΔΕΛΤΑ – Earlier Community figurative mark MILKA – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Similarity of the signs – 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 40/94, Art. 8(1)(b)) (see paras 28, 48-50)
      
      Re:
      
         
               ACTION brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 8 June 2006 (Case R 540/2005-2) relating to opposition
                  proceedings between Kraft Foods Schweiz Holding AG and Delta Protypos Viomichania Galaktos AE.
               
            Information relating to the case
      
               Applicant for the Community trade mark:
            
            
               Vivartia ABEE Proïonton Diatrofis kai Ypiresion Estiasis, formerly Delta Protypos Viomichania Galaktos AE
            
         
               Community trade mark sought:
            
            
               Figurative mark milko ΔΕΛΤΑ for goods in Class 30 – Application No 2474674
            
         
               Proprietor of the mark or sign cited in the opposition proceedings:
            
            
               Kraft Foods Schweiz Holding AG
            
         
               Mark or sign cited in opposition:
            
            
               Community, international and national figurative marks and word marks MILKA for goods in classes 5, 29, 30 and 32
            
         
               Decision of the Opposition Division:
            
            
               Opposition upheld
            
         
               Decision of the Board of Appeal:
            
            
               Appeal dismissed
            
         
      Operative part
      The Court:
      1.      Dismisses the action;
      2.      Orders Vivartia ABEE Proïonton Diatrofis kai Ypiresion Estiasis to pay the costs.