23.10.2010   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 288/34


Judgment of the General Court of 8 September 2010 — Kido v OHIM — Amberes (SCORPIONEXO)

(Case T-152/08) (1)

(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community word mark SCORPIONEXO - Earlier national figurative mark ESCORPION - 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 288/64)

Language of the case: Spanish

Parties

Applicant: Kido Industrial Ltd (Yangcheon-gu, Republic of Korea) (represented by: M. Mall, lawyer)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: J. Crespo Carillo, acting as Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Amberes, SA (Igualada, Spain)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 31 January 2008 (Case R287/2007-1), relating to opposition proceedings between Amberes, SA and Kido Industrial Ltd.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

dismisses the action;

2.

orders Kido Industrial Ltd to pay the costs.


(1)  OJ C 158, 21.6.2008.