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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





    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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