Judgment of the General Court of 11 June 2014 — Golam v OHIM — Pentafarma (METABOL)
(Case T-486/12) 1
(Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community word mark METABOL — Earlier national word mark METABOL-MG — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Sofia Golam (Athens, Greece) (represented by: N. Trovas, lawyer)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: P. Geroulakos, acting as Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Pentafarma-Sociedade Tecnico-Medicinal, SA (Prior Velho, Portugal)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 19 July 2012 (Case R 1901/2011-1), relating to opposition proceedings between Pentafarma-Sociedade Tecnico-Medicinal, SA and Ms Sofia Golam
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Dismisses the action.
2. Orders Ms Sofia Golam to pay the costs.
________________________1 OJ C 9, 12.1.2013.