Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 21 January 2015

Miriam Schwerdt v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)

Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for figurative Community mark cat & clean — Prior Spanish word mark CLEAN CAT — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Obstacles to the free movement of goods — Article 34 TFEU — Article 16 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights

Case T‑587/13


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Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
13/02/2015 Schwerdt v OHMI - Iberamigo (cat&clean)
Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
- Trade marks
  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  • - Trade marks
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Judgment
ECLI:EU:T:2015:37		 21/01/2015 Schwerdt v OHMI - Iberamigo (cat&clean)
Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
- Trade marks
  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  • - Trade marks
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EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Judgment (Information)
ECLI:EU:T:2015:37		 21/01/2015 Schwerdt v OHMI - Iberamigo (cat&clean)
Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
- Trade marks
  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  • - Trade marks
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Application (OJ)
10/01/2014 Schwerdt v OHMI - Iberamigo (cat&clean)
Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
- Trade marks
  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  • - Trade marks
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Reports of Cases

published in the electronic Reports of Cases (Court Reports - general - 'Information on unpublished decisions' section)

Subject-matter

Community trade mark – Action for annulment brought by the proprietor of the figurative mark in colour including the word elements “cat&clean” for goods in Class 31 against decision R 1799/2012-4 of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 3 September 2013 dismissing the appeal brought against the decision of the Opposition Division which refused registration of that mark in the context of the opposition brought by the proprietor of the national word mark “CLEAN CAT” for goods in Class 31.

Systematic classification scheme

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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.03 European Union trade mark
      4.11.03.02 Relative grounds for refusal
        4.11.03.02.02 Likelihood of confusion with an earlier mark
          4.11.03.02.02.00 General
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.03 European Union trade mark
      4.11.03.02 Relative grounds for refusal
        4.11.03.02.02 Likelihood of confusion with an earlier mark
          4.11.03.02.02.01 Relevant public
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.03 European Union trade mark
      4.11.03.02 Relative grounds for refusal
        4.11.03.02.07 Signs examined
          4.11.03.02.07.02 Likelihood of confusion with an earlier mark
            4.11.03.02.07.02.02 Figurative marks applied for
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.03 European Union trade mark
      4.11.03.02 Relative grounds for refusal
        4.11.03.02.02 Likelihood of confusion with an earlier mark
          4.11.03.02.02.03 Similarity between marks
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.03 European Union trade mark
      4.11.03.02 Relative grounds for refusal
        4.11.03.02.02 Likelihood of confusion with an earlier mark
          4.11.03.02.02.00 General
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.03 European Union trade mark
      4.11.03.02 Relative grounds for refusal
        4.11.03.02.02 Likelihood of confusion with an earlier mark
          4.11.03.02.02.00 General
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.03 European Union trade mark
      4.11.03.02 Relative grounds for refusal
        4.11.03.02.02 Likelihood of confusion with an earlier mark
          4.11.03.02.02.00 General
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.03 European Union trade mark
      4.11.03.01 Absolute grounds for refusal
        4.11.03.01.00 General
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.03 European Union trade mark
      4.11.03.04 Procedure and legal proceedings
        4.11.03.04.01 Registration procedure
          4.11.03.04.01.02 Opposition proceedings
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1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.04 Fundamental rights
    1.04.03 The fundamental rights
      1.04.03.16 Freedom to conduct a business
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1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.04 Fundamental rights
    1.04.03 The fundamental rights
      1.04.03.17 Right to property
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.03 European Union trade mark
      4.11.03.00 General


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

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Opinion

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Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 04/11/2013

Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

21/01/2015


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 73 from 02.03.2015, p.25

Application: OJ C 24 from 25.01.2014, p.28

Name of the parties

Schwerdt v OHMI - Iberamigo (cat&clean)

Notes on Academic Writings

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Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

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Subject-matter

  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  • - Trade marks

Provisions of national law referred to

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Provisions of international law referred to

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Procedure and result

  • Actions for annulment : dismissal on substantive grounds

Formation of the Court

deuxième chambre (Tribunal)

Judge-Rapporteur

Martins Ribeiro

Advocate General

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Language(s) of the Case

  • German

Language(s) of the Opinion

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