CELEX: 62012TA0551
Language: en
Date: 2014-01-23 00:00:00
Title: Case T-551/12: Judgment of the General Court of 23 January 2014 — Coppenrath-Verlag v OHIM — Sembella (Rebella) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark Rebella — Earlier Community word mark SEMBELLA — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Genuine use of the earlier mark — Article 42(2) and (3) of Regulation No 207/2009 — Point (a) of the second subparagraph of Article 15(1) of Regulation No 207/2009)

8.3.2014   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 71/19
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 23 January 2014 — Coppenrath-Verlag v OHIM — Sembella (Rebella)
      (Case T-551/12) (1)
      
      (Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community word mark Rebella - Earlier Community word mark SEMBELLA - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Genuine use of the earlier mark - Article 42(2) and (3) of Regulation No 207/2009 - Point (a) of the second subparagraph of Article 15(1) of Regulation No 207/2009)
      (2014/C 71/34)
      Language of the case: German
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Coppenrath-Verlag GmbH & Co. KG (Münster, Germany) (represented by: D. Pohl, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: A. Poch, acting as Agent)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Sembella GmbH (Timelkam, Austria)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 5 October 2012 (Case R 1681/2011-2) relating to opposition proceedings between Sembella GmbH and Coppenrath-Verlag GmbH & Co. KG.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders Coppenrath-Verlag GmbH & Co. KG to pay the costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 55, 23.2.2013.