CELEX: 62010TA0150
Language: en
Date: 2011-09-29 00:00:00
Title: Case T-150/10: Judgment of the General Court of 29 September 2011 — Telefónica O2 Germany v OHIM — Loopia (LOOPIA) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark LOOPIA — Earlier Community word marks LOOP and LOOPY — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

12.11.2011   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 331/19
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 29 September 2011 — Telefónica O2 Germany v OHIM — Loopia (LOOPIA)
   (Case T-150/10) (1)
   
   (Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community word mark LOOPIA - Earlier Community word marks LOOP and LOOPY - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
   2011/C 331/35
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Telefónica O2 Germany GmbH & Co. OHG (Munich, Germany) (represented by: A. Fottner and M. Müller, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: R. Pethke, Agent)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervener before the General Court: Loopia AB (Västerås, Sweden) (represented by: P. Håkon-Schmidt and N. Ringen, lawyers)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 12 January 2010 (Case R 1812/2008-1), concerning opposition proceedings between Telefónica O2 Germany GmbH & Co. OHG and Loopia AB.
   
      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 January 2010 (Case R 1812/2008-1);
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders OHIM to bear its own costs and to pay the costs of Telefónica O2 Germany GmbH & Co. OHG;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders OHIM to pay the costs necessarily incurred by Telefónica O2 Germany for the purposes of the proceedings before the First Board of Appeal of OHIM;
            
         
               4.
            
            
               Orders Loopia AB to bear its own costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 148, 5.6.2010.