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Document 62009TJ0098

Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 13 April 2011.
Tubesca v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM).
Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community figurative mark T TUMESA TUBOS DEL MEDITERRANEO S.A. - Earlier national word mark and international figurative mark TUBESCA - Relative ground of refusal - No likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009).
Case T-98/09.

European Court Reports 2011 II-00096*

ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:T:2011:167





Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 13 April 2011 – Tubesca v OHIM – Tubos del Mediterráneo (T TUMESA TUBOS DEL MEDITERRANEO S.A.)

(Case T-98/09)

Community trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for Community figurative mark T TUMESA TUBOS DEL MEDITERRANEO S.A. – Earlier national word mark and international figurative mark TUBESCA – Relative ground for refusal – No likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

1.                     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 – High distinctiveness of the earlier mark – Criteria for assessment (Council Regulation No 40/94, Art. 8(1)(b)) (see paras 82-84)

2.                     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 70, 85)

Re:

ACTION brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 17 December 2008 (Case R 518/2008-4) relating to opposition proceedings between Tubesca and Tubos del Mediterráneo, SA.

Information relating to the case

Applicant for the Community trade mark:

Tubos del Mediterráneo, SA

Community trade mark sought:

Figurative mark T TUMESA TUBOS DEL MEDITERRANEO S.A. for goods and services in Classes 6, 35 and 42 – Application No 4085098

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

Tubesca

Mark or sign cited in opposition:

National and international word and figurative marks TUBESCA for goods in Classes 6, 19 and 20

Decision of the Opposition Division:

Opposition partially upheld; partial refusal to register the mark applied for

Decision of the Board of Appeal:

Decision of the Opposition Division annulled; opposition dismissed


Operative part

The Court:

1.

Dismisses the action;

2.

Orders Tubesca to pay the costs.

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