CELEX: 62010TJ0279
Language: en
Date: 2011-09-14 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 14 September 2011. # K-Mail Order GmbH & Co. KG v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM). # Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community figurative mark MEN’Z - Prior trade name WENZ - Relative ground for refusal - Local range of the earlier sign - Article 8(4) and Article 41(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009. # Case T-279/10.

Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 14 September 2011 – K‑Mail Order v OHIM – IVKO (MEN’Z)
      (Case T-279/10)
      Community trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for Community figurative mark MEN’Z – Prior trade name WENZ – Relative ground for refusal – Local range of the earlier sign – Article 8(4) and Article 41(1)(c) 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 unregistered trade mark or other sign used in the course of trade – Local range of the sign (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 8(4)) (see paras 23, 29-30)
      Re:
      
         
               ACTION brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 30 March 2010 (Case R 746/2009‑1) concerning opposition
                  proceedings between Wenz GmbH and IVKO Industrieprodukt-Vertriebskontakt GmbH.
               
            Operative part 
      The Court:
      
         
                   
               
               
                  
               
               
                  	1.Dismisses the action;
               
            
         
                   
               
               
                  
               
               
                  	2.Orders K-Mail Order GmbH & Co. KG to pay the costs.