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Case T-221/09: Judgment of the General Court of 15 July 2011 — Ergo Versicherungsgruppe v OHIM — Société de développement et de recherche industrielle (ERGO Group) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark ERGO Group — Earlier Community word mark URGO — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))

OJ C 269, 10.9.2011, p. 47–48 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

10.9.2011   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 269/47


Judgment of the General Court of 15 July 2011 — Ergo Versicherungsgruppe v OHIM — Société de développement et de recherche industrielle (ERGO Group)

(Case T-221/09) (1)

(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community word mark ERGO Group - Earlier Community word mark URGO - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))

2011/C 269/104

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: Ergo Versicherungsgruppe AG (Düsseldorf, Germany) (represented by: V. von Bomhard, A.W. Renck, T. Dolde and J. Pause, lawyers)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (represented by: B. Schmidt, Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervener before the General Court: Société de développement et de recherche industrielle (Chenôve, France) (represented by: K. Dröge, lawyer)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 20 March 2009 (Case R 520/2008-4) relating to opposition proceedings between Société de développement et de recherche industrielle and Ergo Versicherungsgruppe AG.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Dismisses the action;

2.

Orders Versicherungsgruppe AG to pay the costs.


(1)  OJ C 180, 1.8.2009.


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