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Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 6 October 2011. # medi GmbH & Co. KG v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM). # Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the Community word mark deutschemedi.de - Earlier Community word mark World of medi, earlier national figurative and word marks medi.eu, medi welt, medi-Verband and medi, and earlier trading name and company name medi - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009. # Case T-247/10.
Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 6 October 2011.
medi GmbH & Co. KG v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM).
Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the Community word mark deutschemedi.de - Earlier Community word mark World of medi, earlier national figurative and word marks medi.eu, medi welt, medi-Verband and medi, and earlier trading name and company name medi - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009.
Case T-247/10.
Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 6 October 2011.
medi GmbH & Co. KG v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM).
Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the Community word mark deutschemedi.de - Earlier Community word mark World of medi, earlier national figurative and word marks medi.eu, medi welt, medi-Verband and medi, and earlier trading name and company name medi - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009.
Case T-247/10.
European Court Reports 2011 -00000
ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:T:2011:579
Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 6 October 2011 – medi v OHIM – Deutsche Medien Center (deutschemedi.de)
(Case T-247/10)
Community trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for the Community word mark deutschemedi.de – Earlier Community word mark World of medi, earlier national figurative and word marks medi.eu, medi welt, medi-Verband and medi, and earlier trading name and company name medi – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1) 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 22, 38, 44, 49, 53)
Re:
ACTION brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 16 March 2010 (Case R 1336/2008-4) relating to opposition proceedings between Weihermüller & Voigtmann GmbH & Co. KG and Deutsche Medi Präventions GmbH. |
Operative part
The Court:
1. |
Annuls the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 16 March 2010 (Case R 1336/2008-4); |
2. |
Orders OHIM to bear, in addition to its own costs, the costs of Medi GmbH & Co. KG; |
3. |
Orders Deutsche Medien Center GmbH to bear its own costs. |