CELEX: 62012TA0104
Language: en
Date: 2013-05-16 00:00:00
Title: Case T-104/12: Judgment of the General Court of 16 May 2013 — Verus v OHIM — Performance Industries Manufacturing (VORTEX) (Community trade mark — Opposition procedure — Application for registration of the Community word mark VORTEX — Earlier Community word mark VORTEX — Relative ground for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Right of priority — Article 29 of Regulation No 207/2009 — Partial surrender — Article 50 of Regulation No 207/2009 — Infringement of the right to be heard — Article 75, second sentence, of Regulation No 207/2009)

29.6.2013   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 189/21
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 16 May 2013 — Verus v OHIM — Performance Industries Manufacturing (VORTEX)
   (Case T-104/12) (1)
   
   (Community trade mark - Opposition procedure - Application for registration of the Community word mark VORTEX - Earlier Community word mark VORTEX - Relative ground for refusal - No likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Right of priority - Article 29 of Regulation No 207/2009 - Partial surrender - Article 50 of Regulation No 207/2009 - Infringement of the right to be heard - Article 75, second sentence, of Regulation No 207/2009)
   2013/C 189/42
   Language of the case: German
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Verus Eood (Sofia, Bulgaria) (represented initially by S. Vykydal, then by F. Henkel, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: D. Walicka, acting as Agent)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Performance Industries Manufacturing, Inc. (Odessa, Florida, United States)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Chamber of the Board of Appeal of OHIM of 21 December 2011 (Case R 512/2011-4), relating to opposition proceedings between Verus Eood and Performance Industries Manufacturing Inc.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Verus Eood to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 157, 2.6.2012.