Judgment of the General Court of 27 February 2014 — Lidl Stiftung v OHIM — Lídl Music (LIDL express)

(Case T-225/12) (1)

((Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the Community figurative mark LIDL express - Earlier national figurative mark LÍDL MUSIC - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Genuine use of the earlier mark - Article 15(1) and Article 42(2) and (3) of Regulation No 207/2009))

2014/C 102/53

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG (Neckarsulm, Germany) (represented by: initially by M. Schaeffer, M. Wolter and A. Marx, and subsequently by M. Wolter, A. Marx and M. Kefferpütz, lawyers)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: L. Rampini, Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Lídl Music spol. s r.o. (Brno, Czech Republic)

Re:

Action for annulment of the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 21 March 2012 (Case R 2379/2010-1) relating to opposition proceedings between Lídl Music spol. s r.o. and Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

(1)  OJ C 227, 28.7.2012.