Judgment of the General Court of 21 March 2013 - Event v OHIM - CBT Comunicación Multimedia (eventer EVENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS)
(Case T-353/11)
(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community figurative mark eventer EVENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS - Earlier national word mark Event - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Event Holding GmbH & Co. KG (Cologne, Germany) (represented by: G. Schoenen and V. Töbelmann, lawyers)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: P. Geroulakos, Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: CBT Comunicación Multimedia (Getxo, Spain)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 29 March 2011 (Case R 939/2010-2), relating to opposition proceedings between Event Holding GmbH & Co. KG and CBT Comunicación Multimedia, SL
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Dismisses the action.
2. Orders Event Holding GmbH & Co. KG to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 252, 27.8.2011.