Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 22 May 2012 —
Olive Line International v OHIM — Umbria Olii International (O·LIVE)

(Case T‑273/10)

Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for figurative Community trade mark O·LIVE — Earlier Community and Spanish figurative and word marks Olive line — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009

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 (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 8(1)(b)) (see paras 40-42, 76-83)

Re:

ACTION brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 14 April 2010 (Case R 4/2009‑4), relating to opposition proceedings between Olive Line International, SL and O. International Srl.

Operative part

The Court:

1. Declares that the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (trade marks and designs) (OHIM) of 14 April 2010 (Case R 4/2009‑4) is annulled in so far as it concerns, first, all the goods covered by the trade mark application in Class 3, namely ‘bleaching preparations and other substances for laundry use, cleaning, polishing, scouring and abrasive preparations, soaps, perfumery, essential oils, cosmetics, hair lotions, dentifrices’, and, second, ‘hygiene and beauty care for humans and animals’ in Class 44 covered by the trade mark application;

2. Dismisses the action as to the remainder;

3. Orders OHIM and Umbria Olii International Srl to bear three quarters of their own costs and each to pay three eighths of the costs incurred by Olive Line International, SL;

4. Orders Olive Line International, SL to pay, in addition to one quarter of its own costs, one quarter of the costs incurred by OHIM and Umbria Olii International Srl.