CELEX: 62008TA0407
Language: en
Date: 2010-06-25 00:00:00
Title: Case T-407/08: Judgment of the General Court of 25 June 2010 — MIP Metro v OHIM — CBT Comunicación Multimedia (Metromeet) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community figurative mark ‘Metromeet’ — Earlier national word mark ‘meeting metro’ — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))

14.8.2010   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 221/40
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 25 June 2010 — MIP Metro v OHIM — CBT Comunicación Multimedia (Metromeet)
   (Case T-407/08) (1)
   
   (Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the Community figurative mark ‘Metromeet’ - Earlier national word mark ‘meeting metro’ - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
   2010/C 221/64
   Language of the case: German
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: MIP Metro Group Intellectual Property GmbH & Co. KG (Düsseldorf, Germany) (represented by: J.-C. Plate and R. Kaase, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (represented by: S. Schäffner, Agent)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: CBT Comunicación Multimedia, SL (Getxo, Spain)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 12 June 2008 (Case R 387/2007-1) relating to opposition proceedings between MIP Metro Group Intellectual Property GmbH & Co. KG and CBT Comunicación Multimedia, SL.
   
      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 12 June 2008 (Case R 387/2007-1) concerning opposition proceedings between MIP Metro Group Intellectual Property GmbH & Co. KG and CBT Comunicación Multimedia, SL.
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders OHIM to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 327, 20.12.2008.