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Case T-382/09: Judgment of the General Court of 9 September 2011 — Ergo Versicherungsgruppe v OHIM — DeguDent (ERGO) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark ERGO — Prior Community and national word marks CERGO — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Duty to rule on the entirety of the action — Scope of the examination to be carried out by the Board of Appeal — Article 64(1) of Regulation No 207/2009)
Case T-382/09: Judgment of the General Court of 9 September 2011 — Ergo Versicherungsgruppe v OHIM — DeguDent (ERGO) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark ERGO — Prior Community and national word marks CERGO — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Duty to rule on the entirety of the action — Scope of the examination to be carried out by the Board of Appeal — Article 64(1) of Regulation No 207/2009)
Case T-382/09: Judgment of the General Court of 9 September 2011 — Ergo Versicherungsgruppe v OHIM — DeguDent (ERGO) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark ERGO — Prior Community and national word marks CERGO — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Duty to rule on the entirety of the action — Scope of the examination to be carried out by the Board of Appeal — Article 64(1) of Regulation No 207/2009)
SL C 311, 22.10.2011, p. 42–42
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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22.10.2011 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 311/42 |
Judgment of the General Court of 9 September 2011 — Ergo Versicherungsgruppe v OHIM — DeguDent (ERGO)
(Case T-382/09) (1)
(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community word mark ERGO - Prior Community and national word marks CERGO - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Duty to rule on the entirety of the action - Scope of the examination to be carried out by the Board of Appeal - Article 64(1) of Regulation No 207/2009)
2011/C 311/76
Language of the case: German
Parties
Applicant: Ergo Versicherungsgruppe AG (Düsseldorf, Germany) (represented by: V. von Bomhard, A.W. Renck, T. Dolde and J. Pause, lawyers)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: B. Schmidt, acting as Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: DeguDent GmbH (Hanau, Germany) (represented by: initially W. Blau, then W. Blau, D. Kaya and C. Kusulis, lawyers)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 23 July 2009 (Case R 44/2008-4) concerning opposition proceedings between DeguDent GmbH and Ergo Versicherungsgruppe AG
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Annuls the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 23 July 2009 (Case R 44/2008-4) in so far as the Board of Appeal omitted to rule on the action brought before it as regards the goods in Class 5 |
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Dismisses the remainder of the action; |
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Orders Ergo Versicherungsgruppe AG, DeguDent Gmbh and OHIM to bear their own costs. |