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Case T-480/12: Judgment of the General Court of 11 December 2014 — Coca-Cola v OHIM — Mitico (Master) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community figurative mark Master — Earlier Community figurative marks Coca-Cola and earlier national figurative mark C — Relative ground for refusal — Article 8(5) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Similarity of the signs — Evidence relating to the commercial use of the mark applied for)
Case T-480/12: Judgment of the General Court of 11 December 2014 — Coca-Cola v OHIM — Mitico (Master) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community figurative mark Master — Earlier Community figurative marks Coca-Cola and earlier national figurative mark C — Relative ground for refusal — Article 8(5) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Similarity of the signs — Evidence relating to the commercial use of the mark applied for)
Case T-480/12: Judgment of the General Court of 11 December 2014 — Coca-Cola v OHIM — Mitico (Master) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community figurative mark Master — Earlier Community figurative marks Coca-Cola and earlier national figurative mark C — Relative ground for refusal — Article 8(5) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Similarity of the signs — Evidence relating to the commercial use of the mark applied for)
OJ C 46, 9.2.2015, p. 45–46
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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9.2.2015 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 46/45 |
Judgment of the General Court of 11 December 2014 — Coca-Cola v OHIM — Mitico (Master)
(Case T-480/12) (1)
((Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community figurative mark Master - Earlier Community figurative marks Coca-Cola and earlier national figurative mark C - Relative ground for refusal - Article 8(5) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Similarity of the signs - Evidence relating to the commercial use of the mark applied for))
(2015/C 046/55)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: The Coca-Cola Company (Atlanta, Georgia, United States) (represented by: S. Malynicz, Barrister, D. Stone and L. Ritchie, Solicitors, and S. Baran, Barrister)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: J. Crespo Carrillo, acting as Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervener before the General Court: Modern Industrial & Trading Investment Co. Ltd (Mitico) (Damascus, Syria) (represented by: A.-I. Malami, lawyer)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 29 August 2012 (Case R 2156/2011-2) concerning opposition proceedings between The Coca-Cola Company and Modern Industrial & Trading Investment Co. Ltd (Mitico).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Annuls the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 29 August 2012 (Case R 2156/2011-2); |
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Orders OHIM to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by The Coca-Cola Company; |
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Orders Modern Industrial & Trading Investment Co. Ltd (Mitico) to bear its own costs. |