CELEX: 62014TA0249
Language: en
Date: 2015-11-25 00:00:00
Title: Case T-249/14: Judgment of the General Court of 25 November 2015 — Masafi v OHIM — Hd1 (masafi) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community figurative mark masafi — Earlier national word mark masafi — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

18.1.2016   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 16/32
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 25 November 2015 — Masafi v OHIM — Hd1 (masafi)
   (Case T-249/14) (1)
   
   ((Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community figurative mark masafi - Earlier national word mark masafi - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
   (2016/C 016/39)
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Masafi Co. LLC (Dubai, United Arab Emirates) (represented by: G. Hinarejos Mulliez, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: G. Schneider, acting as Agent)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Hd1 Ltd (Huddersfield, United Kingdom)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 17 February 2014 (Case R 1131/2013-4), concerning opposition proceedings between Hd1 Limited and Masafi Co. LLC.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Masafi Co. LLC to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM).
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 235, 21.7.2014.