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Document 62009TJ0063

Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 21 March 2012.
Volkswagen AG v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM).
Community Trade Mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community word mark SWIFT GTi - Earlier international and national marks GTI - Relative grounds for refusal - Similarity of the goods - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) - Assessment of the likelihood of confusion - Rejection of the opposition.
Case T-63/09.

Court reports – general – 'Information on unpublished decisions' section

ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:T:2012:137





Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 21 March 2012 — Volkswagen v OHIM — Suzuki Motor (SWIFT GTi)

(Case T-63/09)

Community Trade Mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark SWIFT GTi — Earlier international and national marks GTI — Relative grounds for refusal — Similarity of the goods — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) — Assessment of the likelihood of confusion — Rejection of the opposition

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 40-42, 117-118, 127, 131-135)

Re:

ACTION brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 9 December 2008 (Case R 749/2007-2) relating to opposition proceedings between Volkswagen AG and Suzuki Motor Corp.

Operative part

The Court:

1.

Dismisses the action;

2.

Orders Volkswagen AG to pay the costs.

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