CELEX: 62014TA0382
Language: en
Date: 2015-09-24 00:00:00
Title: Case T-382/14: Judgment of the General Court of 24 September 2015 — Rintisch v OHIM — Compagnie laitière européenne (PROTICURD) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — International registration designating the European Community — Word mark PROTICURD — Earlier national word marks PROTI and PROTIPLUS — Earlier national figurative mark Proti Power — Relative ground for refusal — Admissibility — Article 59 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 and Article 8(3) of Regulation (EC) No 216/96 — Obligation to state reasons — Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009 — Genuine use of the earlier marks — Article 42(2) of Regulation No 207/2009 — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009)

23.11.2015   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 389/51
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 24 September 2015 — Rintisch v OHIM — Compagnie laitière européenne (PROTICURD)
   (Case T-382/14) (1)
   
   ((Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - International registration designating the European Community - Word mark PROTICURD - Earlier national word marks PROTI and PROTIPLUS - Earlier national figurative mark Proti Power - Relative ground for refusal - Admissibility - Article 59 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 and Article 8(3) of Regulation (EC) No 216/96 - Obligation to state reasons - Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009 - Genuine use of the earlier marks - Article 42(2) of Regulation No 207/2009 - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009))
   (2015/C 389/56)
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Bernhard Rintisch (Bottrop, Germany) (represented by: A. Dreyer, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: A. Schifko, acting as Agent)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervener before the General Court: Compagnie laitière européenne SA (Condé-sur-Vire, France) (represented by C. Hertz-Eichenrode, lawyer)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 14 March 2014 (Case R 609/2011-4) relating to opposition proceedings between Mr Bernhard Rintisch and Compagnie laitière européenne SA
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Annuls the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 14 March 2014 (Case R 609/2011-4);
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders OHIM to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Mr Bernhard Rintisch;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders Compagnie laitière européenne SA to bear its own costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 282, 25.8.2014.