Judgment of the General Court of 15 February 2011 - Yorma's v OHIM - Norma Lebensmittelfilialbetrieb (YORMA'S)
(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the Community figurative mark including the word element 'yorma's' - Earlier Community word mark NORMA - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
Language of the case: German
Parties
Applicant: Yorma's AG (Deggendorf, Germany) (represented by: A. Weiß, lawyer)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: S. Schäffner, acting as Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervener before the General Court: Norma Lebensmittelfilialbetrieb GmbH & Co. KG (Nuremberg, Germany) (represented by: A. von Welser, lawyer)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 20 February 2009 (Case R 1879/2007-1), concerning opposition proceedings between Norma Lebensmittelfilialbetrieb GmbH & Co. KG and Yorma's AG
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. dismisses the action;
2. orders Yorma's AG to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 180, 1.8.2009.