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Document 62007TJ0290

Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Eighth Chamber) of 10 December 2008.
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 trade mark METRONIA - Earlier national figurative trade mark METRO - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94.
Case T-290/07.

European Court Reports 2008 II-00315*

ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:T:2008:562





Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Eighth Chamber) of 10 December 2008 – MIP Metro v OHIM – Metronia (METRONIA)

(Case T-290/07)

Community trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for Community figurative trade mark METRONIA – Earlier national figurative trade mark METRO – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94

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 37-38, 51, 55-56)

Re:

ACTION brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 29 May 2007 (Case R 1315/2006-2), relating to opposition proceedings between MIP Metro Group Intellectual Property GmbH & Co. KG and Metronia, SA.

Information relating to the case

Applicant for the Community trade mark:

Metronia, SA

Community trade mark sought:

Figurative mark METRONIA for goods in Class 9 and services in Classes 20, 28 and 41 – Application No 3387834

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

MIP Metro Group Intellectual Property GmbH & Co. KG

Mark or sign cited in opposition:

National figurative mark METRO for goods and services, inter alia, in Classes 9, 20, 28 and 41

Decision of the Opposition Division:

Opposition upheld, registration refused

Decision of the Board of Appeal:

Opposition dismissed; registration allowed


Operative part

The Court:

1.

Annuls the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 29 May 2007 (Case R 1315/2006-2);

2.

Orders OHIM to bear its own costs and to pay the costs incurred by MIP Metro Group Intellectual Property GmbH & Co. KG;

3.

Orders Metronia SA to bear its own costs.

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