CELEX: 62009TA0221
Language: en
Date: 2011-07-15 00:00:00
Title: Case T-221/09: Judgment of the General Court of 15 July 2011 — Ergo Versicherungsgruppe v OHIM — Société de développement et de recherche industrielle (ERGO Group) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark ERGO Group — Earlier Community word mark URGO — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))

10.9.2011   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 269/47
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 15 July 2011 — Ergo Versicherungsgruppe v OHIM — Société de développement et de recherche industrielle (ERGO Group)
   (Case T-221/09) (1)
   
   (Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community word mark ERGO Group - Earlier Community word mark URGO - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
   2011/C 269/104
   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) (OHIM) (represented by: B. Schmidt, Agent)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervener before the General Court: Société de développement et de recherche industrielle (Chenôve, France) (represented by: K. Dröge, lawyer)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 20 March 2009 (Case R 520/2008-4) relating to opposition proceedings between Société de développement et de recherche industrielle and Ergo Versicherungsgruppe AG.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Versicherungsgruppe AG to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 180, 1.8.2009.