CELEX: 62010TJ0387
Language: en
Date: 2012-02-02
Title: Judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 2 February 2012. # Klaus Goutier v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM). # Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community word mark ARANTAX - Earlier national word mark ANTAX - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Genuine use of the earlier mark - Article 42(2) and (3) of Regulation No 207/2009. # Case T-387/10.

Judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 2 February 2012 — Goutier v OHIM — Euro Data (ARANTAX)(Case T‑387/10)
      Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark ARANTAX — Earlier national word mark ANTAX — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Genuine use of the earlier mark — Article 42(2) and (3) of Regulation No 207/2009
      1.                     Community trade mark — Observations of third parties and opposition — Examination of the opposition — Proof of use of the
            earlier mark — Genuine use — Meaning (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 42(2) and (3)) (see paras 21‑26)
      2.                     Community trade mark — Definition and acquisition of the Community trade mark — Relative grounds for refusal — Opposition
            by the proprietor of an earlier identical or similar mark registered for identical or similar goods or services — Likelihood
            of confusion with the earlier mark (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 8(1)(b)) (see paras 48, 78, 79)
      Re:
      
         
               ACTION brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 1 July 2010 (Case R 126/2009‑4) concerning opposition
                  proceedings between Euro Data GmbH & Co. KG, Datenverarbeitungsdienst and Mr Klaus Goutier.
               
            Operative part
      The Court:
      
         
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                  	Dismisses the action;
               
            
         
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                  	Orders Mr Klaus Goutier to pay the costs.