28.7.2014   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 245/11


Judgment of the General Court of 11 June 2014 — Golam v OHIM — Pentafarma (METABOL)

(Case T-486/12) (1)

((Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the Community word mark METABOL - Earlier national word mark METABOL-MG - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))

2014/C 245/15

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Sofia Golam (Athens, Greece) (represented by: N. Trovas, lawyer)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Pentafarma-Sociedade Tecnico-Medicinal, SA (Prior Velho, Portugal)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 19 July 2012 (Case R 1901/2011-1), relating to opposition proceedings between Pentafarma-Sociedade Tecnico-Medicinal, SA and Ms Sofia Golam

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Dismisses the action.

2.

Orders Ms Sofia Golam to pay the costs.


(1)  OJ C 9, 12.1.2013.