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Document 62009TJ0344

Rettens dom (Anden Afdeling) af 27. juni 2012.
Hearst Communications, Inc. mod Kontoret for Harmonisering i det Indre Marked (Varemærker og Design) (KHIM).
EF-varemærker - indsigelsessag - ansøgning om EF-ordmærket COSMOBELLEZA - de ældre nationale og internationale ord- og figurmærker COSMO, COSMOPOLITAN, COSMOTEST, COSMOPOLITAN TELEVISION og THE COSMOPOLITAN SHOW - de ikke-registrerede mærker og handelsbetegnelserne COSMO og COSMOPOLITAN - relative registreringshindringer - ingen risiko for forveksling - manglende lighed mellem tegnene - artikel 8, stk. 1, litra b), i forordning (EF) nr. 207/2009.
Sag T-344/09.

Samling af Afgørelser 2012 -00000

ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:T:2012:324





Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 27 June 2012 —
Hearst Communications v OHIM — Vida Estética (COSMOBELLEZA)

(Case T-344/09)

Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark COSMOBELLEZA — Earlier national and international word and figurative marks COSMO, COSMOPOLITAN, COSMOTEST, COSMOPOLITAN TELEVISION and THE COSMOPOLITAN SHOW — Non-registered marks and trade names COSMO and COSMOPOLITAN — Relative grounds for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — No similarity between the marks — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009

Community trade mark — Definition and acquisition of the Community trade mark — Relative grounds for refusal — Opposition by the proprietor of an earlier identical or similar mark registered for identical or similar goods or services — Likelihood of confusion with the earlier mark (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 8(1)(b)) (see paras 36, 98-104)

Re:

ACTION against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 4 June 2009 (Case R 770/2007-2) relating to opposition proceedings between Hearst Communications, Inc. and Vida Estética, SL.

Operative part

The Court:

1.

Dismisses the action;

2.

Orders Hearst Communications, Inc. to pay the costs.

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