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Document 62010TJ0174
Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 22 September 2011.#ara AG v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM).#Community trade mark - Opposition procedure - International registration covering the European Community - Figurative mark A with two triangular motifs - Earlier national word mark A - Relative ground for refusal - No likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009.#Case T-174/10.
Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 22 September 2011.
ara AG v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM).
Community trade mark - Opposition procedure - International registration covering the European Community - Figurative mark A with two triangular motifs - Earlier national word mark A - Relative ground for refusal - No likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009.
Case T-174/10.
Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 22 September 2011.
ara AG v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM).
Community trade mark - Opposition procedure - International registration covering the European Community - Figurative mark A with two triangular motifs - Earlier national word mark A - Relative ground for refusal - No likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009.
Case T-174/10.
European Court Reports 2011 II-00314*
ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:T:2011:519
Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 22 September 2011 – ara v OHIM – Allrounder (A with two rectangular motifs)
(Case T-174/10)
Community trade mark – Opposition procedure – International registration covering the European Community – Figurative mark A with two triangular motifs – Earlier national word mark A – Relative ground for refusal – No likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
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 207/2009, Art. 8(1)(b)) (see paras 22-24, 38)
Re:
| ACTION brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 26 January 2010 (Case R 481/2009-1) concerning opposition proceedings between ara AG and Allrounder SARL. |
Operative part
The Court:
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1. |
Dismisses the action; |
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2. |
Orders ara AG to pay the costs. |