CELEX: 62009TA0424
Language: en
Date: 2011-12-13 00:00:00
Title: Case T-424/09: Judgment of the General Court of 13 December 2011 — Goodyear Dunlop Tyres UK v OHIM — Sportfive (QUALIFIER) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark QUALIFIER — Earlier Community word mark Qualifiers 2006 — Refusal to register — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

4.2.2012   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 32/22
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 13 December 2011 — Goodyear Dunlop Tyres UK v OHIM — Sportfive (QUALIFIER)
   (Case T-424/09) (1)
   
   (Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community word mark QUALIFIER - Earlier Community word mark Qualifiers 2006 - Refusal to register - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
   2012/C 32/42
   Language of the case: German
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Goodyear Dunlop Tyres UK Ltd (Birmingham, United Kingdom) (represented by: M. Graf, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: R. Manea, Agent)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Sportfive GmbH & Co. KG (Cologne, Germany)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 11 August 2009 (Case R 1291/2008-4) relating to opposition proceedings between Sportfive GmbH & Co. KG and Goodyear Dunlop Tyres UK Ltd.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Goodyear Dunlop Tyres UK Ltd to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 312, 19.12.2009.