CELEX: 62010TA0216
Language: en
Date: 2011-11-23 00:00:00
Title: Case T-216/10: Judgment of the General Court of 23 November 2011 — Monster Cable Products v OHIM — Live Nation (Music) UK (MONSTER ROCK) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark MONSTER ROCK — Earlier national mark MONSTERS OF ROCK — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the goods — Similarity of the signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

14.1.2012   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 13/13
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 23 November 2011 — Monster Cable Products v OHIM — Live Nation (Music) UK (MONSTER ROCK)
   (Case T-216/10) (1)
   
   (Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community word mark MONSTER ROCK - Earlier national mark MONSTERS OF ROCK - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Similarity of the goods - Similarity of the signs - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
   2012/C 13/25
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Monster Cable Products, Inc. (Brisbane, California, United States) (represented by: W. Baron von der Osten-Sacken, O. Günzel and A. Wenninger-Lenz, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (represented by: R. Pethke, Agent)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervener before the General Court: Live Nation (Music) UK Ltd (London, United Kingdom) (represented by: S. Malynicz, Barrister, S. Britton and J. Summers, Solicitors)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 24 February 2010 (Case R 216/2009-1), concerning opposition proceedings between Live Nation (Music) UK Ltd and Monster Cable Products, Inc.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Monster Cable Products, Inc. to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 195, 17.7.2010.