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Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 13 December 2011. # Goodyear Dunlop Tyres UK Ltd v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM). # Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community word mark QUALIFIER - Earlier Community word mark Qualifiers 2006 - Refusal to register - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009. # Case T-424/09.
Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 13 December 2011.
Goodyear Dunlop Tyres UK Ltd v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM).
Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community word mark QUALIFIER - Earlier Community word mark Qualifiers 2006 - Refusal to register - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009.
Case T-424/09.
Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 13 December 2011.
Goodyear Dunlop Tyres UK Ltd v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM).
Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community word mark QUALIFIER - Earlier Community word mark Qualifiers 2006 - Refusal to register - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009.
Case T-424/09.
European Court Reports 2011 II-00446*
ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:T:2011:735
Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 13 December 2011 – Goodyear Dunlop Tyres UK v OHIM – Sportfive (QUALIFIER)
(Case T-424/09)
Community trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for Community word mark QUALIFIER – Earlier Community word mark Qualifiers 2006 – Refusal to register – 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 26, 49)
Re:
| ACTION brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 11 August 2009 (Case R 1291/2008-4) relating to opposition proceedings between Sportfive GmbH & Co. KG and Goodyear Dunlop Tyres UK Ltd. |
Operative part
The Court:
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1. |
Dismisses the action; |
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2. |
Orders Goodyear Dunlop Tyres UK Ltd to pay the costs. |