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Document 62006TJ0111

Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Third Chamber) of 21 November 2007.
Wesergold Getränkeindustrie GmbH & Co. KG v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM).
Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the Community figurative mark VITAL FIT - Earlier national word mark VITAFIT - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 - Right to a fair hearing - Obligation to state reasons.
Case T-111/06.

European Court Reports 2007 II-00159*

ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:T:2007:352

Date of document:
21/11/2007
Date lodged:
12/04/2006
Author:
General Court
Country or organisation from which the request originates:
Germany
Form:
Judgment
Authentic language:
German
Type of procedure:
Action for annulment - unfounded
Applicant:
Individual
Defendant:
EU institutions and bodies, European Union Intellectual Property Office
Judge-Rapporteur:
Azizi
Treaty:
Treaty establishing the European Economic Community
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Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Third Chamber) of 21 November 2007 – Wesergold Getränkeindustrie v OHIM – Lidl Stiftung (VITAL FIT)

(Case T-111/06)

Community trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for the Community figurative mark VITAL FIT – Earlier national word mark VITAFIT – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 – Right to a fair hearing – Obligation to state reasons

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 40/94, Art. 8(1)(b)) (see paras 39, 42, 45-47)

Re:

ACTION brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 16 February 2006 in Case R 3/2005-2 relating to opposition proceedings between Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG and Wesergold Getränkeindustrie GmbH & Co. KG.

Information relating to the case

Applicant for the Community trade mark:

Wesergold Getränkeindustrie GmbH & Co. KG

Community trade mark sought:

Figurative mark VITAL FIT for goods in Class 32 – Application No 1457951

Proprietor of the mark or sign cited in the opposition proceedings:

Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG

Mark or sign cited in opposition:

National word mark VITAFIT for goods in Class 32 – Application No 1050163

Decision of the Opposition Division:

Opposition upheld

Decision of the Board of Appeal:

Appeal dismissed


Operative part

The Court:

1.

Dismisses the action;

2.

Orders Wesergold Getränkeindustrie GmbH & Co. KG to pay the costs.

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