Judgment of the General Court of 10 February 2015 — Infocit v OHIM — DIN (DINKOOL)
(Case T-85/14) 1
(Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark DINKOOL — Earlier international figurative mark DIN — Earlier national business identifier DIN — Relative grounds for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) and Article 8(4) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Infocit — Prestação de Serviços, Comércio Geral e Indústria, Lda (Luanda, Angola) (represented by: A. Oliveira, lawyer)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: M. Fischer, acting as Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervener before the General Court: DIN — Deutsches Institut für Normung eV (Berlin, Germany) (represented by: M. Bagh, lawyer)
Re:
ACTION brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 12 November 2013 (Case R 1106/2012-2) concerning opposition proceedings between DIN — Deutsches Institut für Normung eV and Infocit — Prestação de Serviços, Comércio Geral e Indústria, Lda.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Dismisses the action.
2. Orders Infocit — Prestação de Serviços, Comércio Geral e Indústria, Lda, to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM).
3. Orders DIN — Deutsches Institut für Normung eV to bear its own costs.
________________________1 OJ C 135, 5.5.2014.