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Document 62006TJ0111

    Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Third Chamber) of 21 November 2007.
    Wesergold Getränkeindustrie GmbH & Co. KG v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM).
    Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the Community figurative mark VITAL FIT - Earlier national word mark VITAFIT - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 - Right to a fair hearing - Obligation to state reasons.
    Case T-111/06.

    Izvješća Suda EU-a 2007 II-00159*

    ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:T:2007:352

    Date of document:
    21/11/2007
    Date lodged:
    12/04/2006
    Author:
    Opći sud
    Country or organisation from which the request originates:
    Njemačka
    Form:
    Presuda
    Authentic language:
    njemački
    Type of procedure:
    Tužba za poništenje - odbijanje zbog neosnovanosti
    Applicant:
    Građanin
    Defendant:
    Institucije i tijela EU-a, Ured Europske unije za intelektualno vlasništvo
    Judge-Rapporteur:
    Azizi
    Treaty:
    Ugovor o osnivanju Europske ekonomske zajednice
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    Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Third Chamber) of 21 November 2007 – Wesergold Getränkeindustrie v OHIM – Lidl Stiftung (VITAL FIT)

    (Case T-111/06)

    Community trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for the Community figurative mark VITAL FIT – Earlier national word mark VITAFIT – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 – Right to a fair hearing – Obligation to state reasons

    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 39, 42, 45-47)

    Re:

    ACTION brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 16 February 2006 in Case R 3/2005-2 relating to opposition proceedings between Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG and Wesergold Getränkeindustrie GmbH & Co. KG.

    Information relating to the case

    Applicant for the Community trade mark:

    Wesergold Getränkeindustrie GmbH & Co. KG

    Community trade mark sought:

    Figurative mark VITAL FIT for goods in Class 32 – Application No 1457951

    Proprietor of the mark or sign cited in the opposition proceedings:

    Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG

    Mark or sign cited in opposition:

    National word mark VITAFIT for goods in Class 32 – Application No 1050163

    Decision of the Opposition Division:

    Opposition upheld

    Decision of the Board of Appeal:

    Appeal dismissed


    Operative part

    The Court:

    1.

    Dismisses the action;

    2.

    Orders Wesergold Getränkeindustrie GmbH & Co. KG to pay the costs.

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