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Case T-1/09: Judgment of the General Court of 20 September 2011 — Dornbracht v OHIM — Metaform Lucchese (META) (Community trade mark — Opposition procedure — Application for the Community word mark META — Earlier Community figurative mark METAFORM — Relative grounds for refusal — Similarity of the goods and the signs — Refusal of registration — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) — Likelihood of confusion)

OJ C 319, 29.10.2011, p. 14–15 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

29.10.2011   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 319/14


Judgment of the General Court of 20 September 2011 — Dornbracht v OHIM — Metaform Lucchese (META)

(Case T-1/09) (1)

(Community trade mark - Opposition procedure - Application for the Community word mark META - Earlier Community figurative mark METAFORM - Relative grounds for refusal - Similarity of the goods and the signs - Refusal of registration - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) - Likelihood of confusion)

2011/C 319/27

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: Aloys F. Dornbracht GmbH & Co KG (Iserlohn, Germany) (represented by: P. Mes, C. Graf von der Groeben, G. Rother, J. Bühling, A. Verhauwen, J. Künzel, D. Jestaedt and M. Bergermann, lawyers)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: S. Schäffner, agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Metaform Lucchese SpA (Pescaglia, Italy) (represented by: P. Pozzi and A. Perani, lawyers)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 3 November 2008 (Case R 1152/2006-4) concerning opposition proceedings between Metaform Lucchese SpA and Aloys F. Dornbracht GmbH & Co KG.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Dismisses the action;

2.

Orders Dornbracht GmbH & Co. KG to pay the costs of the present proceedings.


(1)  OJ C 69, 21.3.2009.


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