18.4.2016   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 136/30


Judgment of the General Court of 1 March 2016 — BrandGroup v OHIM — Brauerei S. Riegele, Inh. Riegele (SPEZOOMIX)

(Case T-557/14) (1)

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

(2016/C 136/43)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: BrandGroup GmbH (Bechtsrieth, Germany) (represented by: T. Raible, lawyer)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: initially G. Schneider and A. Schifko, and subsequently A. Schifko, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervener before the General Court: Brauerei S. Riegele, Inh. Riegele KG (Augsburg, Germany) (represented by: R. Schlecht, lawyer)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 15 May 2014 (Case R 941/2013-1), concerning opposition proceedings between Brauerei S. Riegele, Inh. Riegele KG and BrandGroup GmbH.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Dismisses the action;

2.

Orders BrandGroup GmbH to pay the costs.


(1)  OJ C 339, 29.9.2014.