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Document 62009TJ0525

Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 8 September 2011.
MIP Metro Group Intellectual Property GmbH & Co. KG v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM).
Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community figurative mark METRONIA - Earlier national figurative mark METRO - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009.
Case T-525/09.

European Court Reports 2011 II-00259*

ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:T:2011:437

Date of document:
08/09/2011
Date lodged:
28/12/2009
Author:
General Court
Country or organisation from which the request originates:
Germany
Form:
Judgment
Authentic language:
English
Type of procedure:
Action for annulment - unfounded
Applicant:
Individual
Defendant:
European Union Intellectual Property Office, EU institutions and bodies
Judge-Rapporteur:
Martins Ribeiro
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Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 8 September 2011 – MIP Metro v OHIM – Metronia (METRONIA)

(Case T-525/09)

Community trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for Community figurative mark METRONIA – Earlier national figurative mark METRO – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009

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 207/2009, Art. 8(1)(b)) (see paras 29, 41-42)

Re:

ACTION against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 8 October 2009 (Case R 1315/2006‑1), concerning opposition proceedings between MIP Metro Group Intellectual Property GmbH & Co. KG and Metronia, SA.

Operative part

The Court:

1.

Dismisses the action;

2.

Orders MIP Metro Group Intellectual Property GmbH & Co. KG to pay the costs.

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