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Document 62010TJ0387

    Judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 2 February 2012.
    Klaus Goutier v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM).
    Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community word mark ARANTAX - Earlier national word mark ANTAX - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Genuine use of the earlier mark - Article 42(2) and (3) of Regulation No 207/2009.
    Case T-387/10.

    Court reports – general – 'Information on unpublished decisions' section

    ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:T:2012:51





    Judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 2 February 2012 — Goutier v OHIM — Euro Data (ARANTAX)

    (Case T‑387/10)

    Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark ARANTAX — Earlier national word mark ANTAX — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Genuine use of the earlier mark — Article 42(2) and (3) of Regulation No 207/2009

    1.                     Community trade mark — Observations of third parties and opposition — Examination of the opposition — Proof of use of the earlier mark — Genuine use — Meaning (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 42(2) and (3)) (see paras 21‑26)

    2.                     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 48, 78, 79)

    Re:

    ACTION brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 1 July 2010 (Case R 126/2009‑4) concerning opposition proceedings between Euro Data GmbH & Co. KG, Datenverarbeitungsdienst and Mr Klaus Goutier.

    Operative part

    The Court:

    1.

    Dismisses the action;

    2.

    Orders Mr Klaus Goutier to pay the costs.

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