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Document 62011TJ0110

    Judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 22 May 2012.
    Asa sp. z o.o. v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM).
    Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community word mark FEMIFERAL - Earlier national word mark Feminatal and earlier national figurative mark feminatal - Relative ground for refusal - Similarity of the signs - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009.
    Case T-110/11.

    European Court Reports 2012 -00000

    ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:T:2012:253





    Judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 22 May 2012 —
    Asa v OHIM — Merck (FEMIFERAL)

    (Case T-110/11)

    Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark FEMIFERAL — Earlier national word mark Feminatal and earlier national figurative mark feminatal — Relative ground for refusal — Similarity of the signs — 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 23, 24, 43‑51, 54)

    Re:

    ACTION brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 19 November 2010 (Case R 182/2010-1) relating to opposition proceedings between Merck sp. z o.o. and Asa sp. z o.o.

    Operative part

    The Court:

    1.

    Dismisses the action;

    2.

    Orders Asa sp. z o.o. to pay the costs.

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