Judgment of the General Court of 15 October 2013 – Electric Bike World Ltd v OHIM - Brunswick (LIFECYCLE)
(Case T-379/12) 1
(Community trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for Community word mark LIFECYCLE – Earlier national word mark LIFECYCLE – Partial refusal of registration by the Board of Appeal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 – Obligation to state reasons – Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Electric Bike World Ltd (Southampton, United Kingdom) (represented by: S. Malynicz, Barrister)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: L. Rampini, acting as Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Brunswick Corp. (Lake Forest, Illinois, United States of America)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 16 May 2012 (Case R 2308/2011-1), relating to opposition proceedings between Brunswick Corp. and Electric Bike World Ltd.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action;
2. Orders Electric Bike World Ltd to pay the costs.
____________1 OJ C 355, 17.11.2012.