CELEX: 62009TA0063
Language: en
Date: 2012-03-21 00:00:00
Title: Case T-63/09: Judgment of the General Court of 21 March 2012 — Volkswagen v OHIM — Suzuki Motor (SWIFT GTi) (Community Trade Mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark SWIFT GTi — Earlier international and national marks GTI — Relative grounds for refusal — Similarity of the goods — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) — Assessment of the likelihood of confusion — Rejection of the opposition)

5.5.2012   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 133/22
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 21 March 2012 — Volkswagen v OHIM — Suzuki Motor (SWIFT GTi)
   (Case T-63/09) (1)
   
   (Community Trade Mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community word mark SWIFT GTi - Earlier international and national marks GTI - Relative grounds for refusal - Similarity of the goods - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) - Assessment of the likelihood of confusion - Rejection of the opposition)
   2012/C 133/42
   Language of the case: German
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Volkswagen AG (Wolfsburg, Germany) (represented by: H.-P. Schrammek, C. Drzymalla and S. Risthaus, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: G. Schneider, Agent)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Suzuki Motor Corp. (Shizuoka-ken, Japan)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 9 December 2008 (Case R 749/2007-2) relating to opposition proceedings between Volkswagen AG and Suzuki Motor Corp.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Volkswagen AG to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 102, 1.5.2009.