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Document 62008TJ0501

    Judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 23 September 2011.
    NEC Display Solutions Europe GmbH v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM).
    Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for a Community figurative mark ‘see more’ - Earlier national word marks CMORE - 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.
    Case T-501/08.

    European Court Reports 2011 II-00316*

    ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:T:2011:527





    Judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 23 September 2011 – NEC Display Solutions Europe v OHIM – C More Entertainment (see more)

    (Case T-501/08)

    Community trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for a Community figurative mark ‘see more’ – Earlier national word marks CMORE – 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)

    1.                     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 (Council Regulation No 40/94, Art. 8(1)(b)) (see paras 21-22, 58)

    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 – Weak distinctiveness of the earlier mark – Effect (Council Regulation No 40/94, Art. 8(1)(b)) (see para. 57)

    Re:

    ACTION brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 28 August 2008 (Case R 1388/2007-4) relating to opposition proceedings between C More Entertainment AB and NEC Display Solutions Europe GmbH.

    Operative part

    The Court:

    1.

    Dismisses the action;

    2.

    Orders NEC Display Solutions Europe GmbH to pay the costs.

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