CELEX: 62014TA0352
Language: en
Date: 2015-07-15 00:00:00
Title: Case T-352/14: Judgment of the General Court of 15 July 2015 — The Smiley Company v OHIM — The Swatch Group Management Services (HAPPY TIME) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark HAPPY TIME — Earlier international word mark HAPPY HOURS — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

14.9.2015   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 302/51
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 15 July 2015 — The Smiley Company v OHIM — The Swatch Group Management Services (HAPPY TIME)
   (Case T-352/14) (1)
   
   ((Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community word mark HAPPY TIME - Earlier international word mark HAPPY HOURS - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
   (2015/C 302/66)
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: The Smiley Company SPRL (Brussels, Belgium) (represented by: I.-M. Helbig, P. Hansmersmann and S. Rengshausen, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: L. Rampini, acting as Agent)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: The Swatch Group Management Services AG (Biel, Switzerland)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 6 February 2014 (Case R 1497/2013-1), relating to opposition proceedings between The Swatch Group Management Services AG and The Smiley Company SPRL.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders The Smiley Company SPRL to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 245, 28.7.2014.