Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 10 February 2015 —
Infocit v OHIM — DIN (DINKOOL)

(Case T‑85/14)

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

1.                     Community trade mark — Observations of third parties and opposition — Examination of the opposition — Proof of use of the earlier mark — Non-submission of plea based on insufficient proof of genuine use (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 42(2)) (see para. 21)

2.                     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 — Word mark DINKOOL and figurative mark DIN (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 8(1)(b)) (see paras 28, 29, 57, 58)

3.                     Community trade mark — Definition and acquisition of the Community trade mark — Relative grounds for refusal — Opposition by the proprietor of an unregistered trade mark or other sign used in the course of trade — Conditions — Assessment by reference to the criteria determined by the national law governing the sign relied on (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 8(4)) (see paras 62, 63)

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

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.