Judgment of the General Court of 8 October 2014 — Lidl Stiftung v OHIM — A Colmeia do Minho (FAIRGLOBE)

(Case T-300/12) ¹

(Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community figurative mark FAIRGLOBE — Earlier national word marks GLOBO — Relative ground for refusal — No proof of genuine use of the earlier marks — Article 42(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Rule 22(3) and (4) of Regulation (EC) No 2868/95)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG (Neckarsulm, Germany) (represented by: M. Wolter and A. Berger, lawyers)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: A. Folliard-Monguiral, acting as Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: A Colmeia do Minho Ldª (Aldeia de Paio Pires, Portugal)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 2 April 2012 (Case R 1981/2010-2) concerning opposition proceedings between A Colmeia do Minho Ldª and Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.    Annuls the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 2 April 2012 (Case R 1981/2010-2), concerning opposition proceedings between A Colmeia do Minho Ldª and Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG, in that it found that genuine use of the earlier marks had been demonstrated to the requisite legal standard;

2.    Orders OHIM to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Lidl Stiftung & Co.

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¹     OJ C 273, 8.9.2012.