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Document 62008TA0407

Case T-407/08: Judgment of the General Court of 25 June 2010 — MIP Metro v OHIM — CBT Comunicación Multimedia (Metromeet) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community figurative mark ‘Metromeet’ — Earlier national word mark ‘meeting metro’ — 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 221, 14.8.2010, p. 40–40 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

14.8.2010   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 221/40


Judgment of the General Court of 25 June 2010 — MIP Metro v OHIM — CBT Comunicación Multimedia (Metromeet)

(Case T-407/08) (1)

(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the Community figurative mark ‘Metromeet’ - Earlier national word mark ‘meeting metro’ - 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))

2010/C 221/64

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: MIP Metro Group Intellectual Property GmbH & Co. KG (Düsseldorf, Germany) (represented by: J.-C. Plate and R. Kaase, lawyers)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: CBT Comunicación Multimedia, SL (Getxo, Spain)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 12 June 2008 (Case R 387/2007-1) relating to opposition proceedings between MIP Metro Group Intellectual Property GmbH & Co. KG and CBT Comunicación Multimedia, SL.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Annuls the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 12 June 2008 (Case R 387/2007-1) concerning opposition proceedings between MIP Metro Group Intellectual Property GmbH & Co. KG and CBT Comunicación Multimedia, SL.

2.

Orders OHIM to pay the costs.


(1)  OJ C 327, 20.12.2008.


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