Judgment of the General Court of 20 June 2012 - Kraft Foods Schweiz v OHIM - Compañía Nacional de Chocolates (CORONA)
(Case T-357/10)
(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community figurative mark CORONA - Earlier national word marks KARUNA and KARŪNA - Relative grounds for refusal - No likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Article 8(5) of Regulation No 207/2009)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Kraft Foods Schweiz Holding GmbH (Zug, Switzerland) (represented by: P. Péters and T. de Haan, lawyers)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (represented by: P. Geroulakos, Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervener before the General Court: Compañia Nacional de Chocolates, SA (Medellín, Colombia) (represented by: I. Temiño Ceniceros, lawyer)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 29 June 2010 (Case R 696/2009-4), relating to opposition proceedings between Kraft Foods Schweiz Holding GmbH and Compañia Nacional de Chocolates, SA.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Dismisses the action;
2. Orders Kraft Foods Schweiz Holding GmbH to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 288, 23.10.2010.