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    Case T-276/09: Judgment of the General Court of 21 June 2012 — Kavaklidere-Europe v OHIM — Yakult Honsha (Yakut) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community word mark Yakut — Earlier Community figurative mark Yakult — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

    SL C 227, 28.7.2012, 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)

    28.7.2012   

    EN

    Official Journal of the European Union

    C 227/17


    Judgment of the General Court of 21 June 2012 — Kavaklidere-Europe v OHIM — Yakult Honsha (Yakut)

    (Case T-276/09) (1)

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

    2012/C 227/24

    Language of the case: English

    Parties

    Applicant: Kavaklidere-Europe (Schoten, Belgium) (represented: initially by J. Vercraeye and I. Tytgat, and subsequently by J. Vercraeye and B. De Vuyst, lawyers)

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

    Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervener before the General Court: Yakult Honsha Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo, Japan) (represented by M. Edenborough QC, P. Harris, Solicitor, and T. Elias, Barrister)

    Re:

    Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 8 May 2009 (Case R 1396/2008-4) concerning opposition proceedings between Yakult Honsha Kabushiki Kaisha and Kavaklidere-Europe

    Operative part of the judgment

    The General Court:

    1.

    Dismisses the action;

    2.

    Orders Kavaklidere-Europe to pay the costs.


    (1)  OJ C 244, 10.10.2009.


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