CELEX: 62009CA0051
Language: en
Date: 2010-06-24 00:00:00
Title: Case C-51/09 P: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 24 June 2010 — Barbara Becker v Harman International Industries, Inc., Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (Appeal — Community trade mark — Regulation (EC) No 40/94 — Article 8(1)(b) — Word mark Barbara Becker — Opposition by the proprietor of the Community word marks BECKER and BECKER ONLINE PRO — Assessment of the likelihood of confusion — Assessment of the conceptual similarity of the signs)

14.8.2010   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 221/10
            
         Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 24 June 2010 — Barbara Becker v Harman International Industries, Inc., Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)
   (Case C-51/09 P) (1)
   
   (Appeal - Community trade mark - Regulation (EC) No 40/94 - Article 8(1)(b) - Word mark Barbara Becker - Opposition by the proprietor of the Community word marks BECKER and BECKER ONLINE PRO - Assessment of the likelihood of confusion - Assessment of the conceptual similarity of the signs)
   2010/C 221/15
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Appellant: Barbara Becker (represented by: P. Baronikians, Rechtsanwalt)
   
      Other parties to the proceedings: Harman International Industries, Inc. (represented by: M. Vanhegan, Barrister), Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: G. Schneider, Agent)
   
      Re:
   
   Appeal against the judgment of the Court of First Instance (First Chamber) of 2 December 2008 in Case T-212/07 Harman International Industries v OHIM — Becker (Barbara Becker), in which the Court of First Instance annulled Decision R 502/2006-1 of the First Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (OHIM) of 7 March 2007 annulling the Opposition Division’s decision refusing the registration of the word mark ‘Barbara Becker’ for goods in Class 9 in opposition proceedings brought by Harman International Industries, Inc.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Sets aside the judgment of the Court of First Instance of the European Communities of 2 December 2008 in Case T-212/07 Harman International Industries v OHIM — Becker (Barbara Becker);
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Refers the case back to the General Court of the European Union;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Reserves the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 82, 4.4.2009.