Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 13 May 2015

Deutsche Post AG v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)

Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark TPG POST — Earlier national and Community word marks POST and Deutsche Post — Relative ground for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009

Case T-102/14


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
12/06/2015 Deutsche Post v OHMI - PostNL Holding (TPG POST)
Judgment
ECLI:EU:T:2015:279
13/05/2015 Deutsche Post v OHMI - PostNL Holding (TPG POST)
Judgment (Information)
ECLI:EU:T:2015:279
13/05/2015 Deutsche Post v OHMI - PostNL Holding (TPG POST)
Application (OJ)
28/03/2014 Deutsche Post v OHMI - PostNL Holding (TPG POST)
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Reports of Cases

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Subject-matter

Community trade mark - Action for annulment brought by the proprietor of the national and Community word marks ‘DP’. ‘POST’ and ‘Deutsche Post’, with respect to goods and services in Classes 9, 12, 14, 16, 25, 28, 35, 36, 38, 39 and 42, against the decision in Case R 2108/2012-1 of the First Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (OHIM) of 11 December 2013, dismissing the action against the decision of the Opposition Division rejecting the opposition proceedings brought by the applicant against the application for registration of the word mark ‘TPG POST’, with respect to goods and services in Classes 6, 9, 16, 20, 35, 38 and 39.

Systematic classification scheme

1.
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
        4.11.03.04.03 Appeals
          4.11.03.04.03.02 Actions before the Courts of the European Union
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
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
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
            4.11.03.02.07.02.01 Word marks applied for
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
          4.11.03.02.02.02 Similarity between goods or services
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
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
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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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

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Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

13/05/2015


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 213 from 29.06.2015, p.35

Application: OJ C 112 from 14.04.2014, p.53

Name of the parties

Deutsche Post v OHMI - PostNL Holding (TPG POST)

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

Huitième chambre (Tribunal)

Judge-Rapporteur

Kancheva

Advocate General

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Language(s) of the Case

  • German

Language(s) of the Opinion

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