CELEX: 62012TA0284
Language: en
Date: 2013-09-16 00:00:00
Title: Case T-284/12: Judgment of the General Court of 16 September 2013 — Oro Clean Chemie v OHIM (PROSEPT) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark PROSEPT — Earlier national word mark Pursept — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Rights of defence — Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009)

16.11.2013   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 336/21
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 16 September 2013 — Oro Clean Chemie v OHIM (PROSEPT)
   (Case T-284/12) (1)
   
   (Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community word mark PROSEPT - Earlier national word mark Pursept - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Similarity of the signs - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Rights of defence - Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009)
   2013/C 336/41
   Language of the case: German
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Oro Clean Chemie AG (Fehraltorf, Switzerland) (represented by: F. Ekey, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: G. Schneider, Agent)
   
      Other party/parties to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Merz Pharma GmbH & Co. KGaA (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) (represented by: M. Hirsch and C. Mayerhöffer, lawyers)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 29 March 2012 (Case R 1053/2011-1), relating to opposition proceedings between Merz Pharma GmbH & Co. KGaA and Oro Clean Chemie AG.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Oro Clean Chemie AG to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 258, 25.8.2012.