CELEX: 62010TA0566
Language: en
Date: 2012-09-12 00:00:00
Title: Case T-566/10: Judgment of the General Court of 12 September 2012 — Ertmer v OHIM (Community trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Community word mark erkat — Earlier Community and national word and figurative marks CAT — Relative grounds for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Damage to reputation — Article 8(1)(b) and (5) of Regulation (E) No 207/2009 — Obligation to state reasons)

20.10.2012   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 319/8
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 12 September 2012 — Ertmer v OHIM
   (Case T-566/10) (1)
   
   (Community trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - Community word mark erkat - Earlier Community and national word and figurative marks CAT - Relative grounds for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Damage to reputation - Article 8(1)(b) and (5) of Regulation (E) No 207/2009 - Obligation to state reasons)
   2012/C 319/12
   Language of the case: German
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Jutta Ertmer (Tastungen, Germany) (represented by: A. von Mühlendahl and C. Eckhartt, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: G. Schneider, Agent)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervener before the Court: Caterpillar, Inc. (Peoria, Illinois, United States) (represented by: A. Renck, V. von Bomhard and E. Nicolás Gómez, lawyers)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 7 September 2010 (Case R 270/2010-1) relating to invalidity proceedings between Caterpillar, Inc. and Jutta Ertmer.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Annuls the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 7 September 2010 (Case R 270/2010-1);
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Dismisses the action as to the remainder;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders OHIM and Caterpillar, Inc. to pay the costs
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 55, 19.2.2011.