CELEX: 62012TN0349
Language: en
Date: 2012-08-01 00:00:00
Title: Case T-349/12: Action brought on 1 August 2012 — Leiner v OHIM — Recaro (REVARO)

22.9.2012   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 287/39
            
         Action brought on 1 August 2012 — Leiner v OHIM — Recaro (REVARO)
   (Case T-349/12)
   2012/C 287/70
   Language in which the application was lodged: German
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Rudolf Leiner GmbH (Sankt Pölten, Austria) (represented by: W. Emberger, I. Rudnay and L. Emberger, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Recaro Beteiligungs-GmbH (Kaiserslautern, Germany)
   
      Form of order sought
   
   
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               Alter the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) of 16 May 2012 in Case R 482/2011-1 so as to allow the appeal or, alternatively, annul the decision;
            
         
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               order the defendant and the other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal to pay the costs of the proceedings.
            
         
      Pleas in law and main arguments
   
   
      Applicant for a Community trade mark: Rudolf Leiner GmbH
   
      Community trade mark concerned: Figurative mark containing the word element ‘REVARO’, for goods in Classes 11, 20 and 24
   
      Proprietor of the mark or sign cited in the opposition proceedings: Recaro Beteiligungs-GmbH
   
      Mark or sign cited in opposition: International registration ‘RECARO’ for goods in Classes 10, 12, 14, 20, 25 and 28
   
      Decision of the Opposition Division: Opposition allowed
   
      Decision of the Board of Appeal: Appeal dismissed
   
      Pleas in law: Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009