Order of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 28 June 2012 —
TofuTown.com v Meica and OHIM

(Case C-599/11 P)

Appeal — Article 119 of the Rules of Procedure — Community trade mark — Application for registration of the word sign ‘TOFUKING’ — Opposition by the proprietor of the trade mark Curry King — Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Article 8(1)(b) — Likelihood of confusion — Degree of similarity

1.                     Appeals — Grounds — Grounds which are manifestly inadmissible or manifestly unfounded — Rejection (Rules of Procedure of the Court, Art. 119) (see paras 17-36)

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 — Criteria for assessment (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 8(1)(b)) (see paras 29-31)

Re:

Appeal against the judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 20 September 2011 in Case T-99/10

Meica

v

OHIM

—

TofuTown.com

(

TOFUKING

), in which the General Court annulled the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 7 January 2010 (Case R 63/2009-4) concerning opposition proceedings between Meica Ammerländische Fleischwarenfabrik Fritz Meinen GmbH & Co. KG and TofuTown.com GmbH — Likelihood of confusion.

Operative part:

1.

The appeal is dismissed.

2.

TofuTown.com GmbH is ordered to bear its own costs and to pay the costs incurred by Meica Ammerländische Fleischwarenfabrik Fritz Meinen GmbH & Co. KG.

3.

The Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) is ordered to bear its own costs.