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Document 62011CJ0306

Domstolens Dom (Femte Afdeling) af 28. juni 2012.
XXXLutz Marken GmbH mod Kontoret for Harmonisering i det Indre Marked (Varemærker og Design) (KHIM).
Appel - EF-varemærker - forordning (EF) nr. 40/94 - figurmærket Linea Natura Natur hat immer Stil - indsigelse fra indehaveren af EF- figurmærket natura selection - relative registreringshindringer - risiko for forveksling.
Sag C-306/11 P.

Samling af Afgørelser 2012 -00000

ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:C:2012:401





Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 28 June 2012 —
XXXLutz Marken v OHIM

(Case C-306/11 P)

Appeal — Community trade mark — Regulation (EC) No 40/94 — Figurative mark Linea Natura Natur hat immer Stil — Opposition by the proprietor of the Community figurative mark natura selection — Relative grounds for refusal — Likelihood of confusion

1.                     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 — Similarity of the marks concerned — Criteria for assessment — Composite mark (Council Regulation No 40/94, Art. 8(1)(b)) (see paras 39-41)

2.                     Appeals — Grounds — Incorrect assessment of the facts and evidence — Inadmissibility — Review by the Court of the assessment of the facts and evidence — Possible only where the clear sense of the evidence has been distorted (Art. 256(1) TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58(1)) (see para. 50)

Re:

Appeal against the judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 24 March 2011 in Case T-54/09 XXXLutz Marken v OHIM — Natura Selection (Linea Natura Natur hat immer Stil) dismissing the action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 28 November 2008 (Case R 1787/2007-2) relating to opposition proceedings between Natura Selection, SL and XXXLutz Marken GmbH — Likelihood of confusion between the figurative signs ‘natura selection’ and ‘Linea Natura Natur hat immer Stil’ — Erroneous assessment of the similarity of those signs — Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94.

Operative part

The Court:

1.

Dismisses the appeal;

2.

Orders XXXLutz Marken GmbH to pay the costs.

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