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Case T-426/09: Judgment of the General Court of 26 October 2011 — Bayerische Asphaltmischwerke v OHIM — Koninklijke BAM Groep (bam) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community figurative mark BAM — Earlier national figurative mark BAM — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — No similarity of the goods — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Case T-426/09: Judgment of the General Court of 26 October 2011 — Bayerische Asphaltmischwerke v OHIM — Koninklijke BAM Groep (bam) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community figurative mark BAM — Earlier national figurative mark BAM — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — No similarity of the goods — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Case T-426/09: Judgment of the General Court of 26 October 2011 — Bayerische Asphaltmischwerke v OHIM — Koninklijke BAM Groep (bam) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community figurative mark BAM — Earlier national figurative mark BAM — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — No similarity of the goods — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
IO C 355, 3.12.2011, p. 17–17
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
3.12.2011 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 355/17 |
Judgment of the General Court of 26 October 2011 — Bayerische Asphaltmischwerke v OHIM — Koninklijke BAM Groep (bam)
(Case T-426/09) (1)
(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the Community figurative mark BAM - Earlier national figurative mark BAM - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - No similarity of the goods - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
2011/C 355/29
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Bayerische Asphaltmischwerke GmbH & Co. KG für Straßenbaustoffe (Hofolding, Germany) (represented by: G. Würtenberger and R. Kunze, lawyers)
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, intervener before the General Court: Koninklijke BAM Groep NV (Bunnik, Netherlands) (represented by: initially, J. van Manen, subsequently, J. van Manen and M. van de Braak, and lastly, J. van Manen and R. Sjoerdsma, lawyers)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 11 August 2009 (Case R 1005/2008-2), relating to opposition proceedings between Bayerische Asphaltmischwerke GmbH & Co. KG für Straßenbaustoffe and Koninklijke BAM Groep NV
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. |
Dismisses the action; |
2. |
Orders Bayerische Asphaltmischwerke GmbH & Co. KG für Straßenbaustoffe to pay, in addition to its own costs, the costs incurred by the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) and by Koninklijke BAM Groep NV, including, as regards the latter, the costs necessarily incurred for the purposes of the proceedings before the Board of Appeal. |