CELEX: 62009TA0425
Language: en
Date: 2011-10-06 00:00:00
Title: Case T-425/09: Judgment of the General Court of 6 October 2011 — Honda Motor v OHIM — Blok (BLAST) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community word mark BLAST — Earlier Community and Benelux word marks BLAST — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Weak distinctive character of the earlier marks)

19.11.2011   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 340/17
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 6 October 2011 — Honda Motor v OHIM — Blok (BLAST)
   (Case T-425/09) (1)
   
   (Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the Community word mark BLAST - Earlier Community and Benelux word marks BLAST - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Weak distinctive character of the earlier marks)
   2011/C 340/33
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Honda Motor Co. Ltd (Tokyo, Japan) (represented by: M. Graf, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: M. Ahlgren, Agent)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Hendrik Blok (Oudenaarde, Belgium)
   
      Re:
   
   ACTION brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 16 July 2009 (Case R 1097/2008-1), relating to opposition proceedings between Mr Hendrik Blok and Honda Motor Co. Ltd.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Honda Motor Co. Ltd to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 312, 19.12.2009.