CELEX: 62009TA0382
Language: en
Date: 2011-09-09 00:00:00
Title: Case T-382/09: Judgment of the General Court of 9 September 2011 — Ergo Versicherungsgruppe v OHIM — DeguDent (ERGO) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark ERGO — Prior Community and national word marks CERGO — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Duty to rule on the entirety of the action — Scope of the examination to be carried out by the Board of Appeal — Article 64(1) of Regulation No 207/2009)

22.10.2011   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 311/42
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 9 September 2011 — Ergo Versicherungsgruppe v OHIM — DeguDent (ERGO)
   (Case T-382/09) (1)
   
   (Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community word mark ERGO - Prior Community and national word marks CERGO - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Duty to rule on the entirety of the action - Scope of the examination to be carried out by the Board of Appeal - Article 64(1) of Regulation No 207/2009)
   2011/C 311/76
   Language of the case: German
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Ergo Versicherungsgruppe AG (Düsseldorf, Germany) (represented by: V. von Bomhard, A.W. Renck, T. Dolde and J. Pause, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: B. Schmidt, acting as Agent)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: DeguDent GmbH (Hanau, Germany) (represented by: initially W. Blau, then W. Blau, D. Kaya and C. Kusulis, lawyers)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 23 July 2009 (Case R 44/2008-4) concerning opposition proceedings between DeguDent GmbH and Ergo Versicherungsgruppe AG
   
      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 23 July 2009 (Case R 44/2008-4) in so far as the Board of Appeal omitted to rule on the action brought before it as regards the goods in Class 5
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Dismisses the remainder of the action;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders Ergo Versicherungsgruppe AG, DeguDent Gmbh and OHIM to bear their own costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 297, 5.12.2009.