Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 6 September 2013 —
Leiner v OHIM — Recaro (REVARO)

(Case T‑349/12)

Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community figurative mark REVARO — Earlier international word mark RECARO — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009

1.                     Community trade mark — Definition and acquisition of the Community trade mark — Relative grounds for refusal — Opposition by the proprietor of an earlier identical or similar mark registered for identical or similar goods or services — Likelihood of confusion with the earlier mark — Assessment of the likelihood of confusion — Criteria (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 8(1)(b)) (see paras 14, 39)

2.                     Community trade mark — Definition and acquisition of the Community trade mark — Relative grounds for refusal — Opposition by the proprietor of an earlier identical or similar mark registered for identical or similar goods or services — Similarity of the marks concerned — Criteria for assessment — Complex mark (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 8(1)(b)) (see paras 15, 16)

3.                     Community trade mark — Definition and acquisition of the Community trade mark — Relative grounds for refusal — Opposition by the proprietor of an earlier identical or similar mark registered for identical or similar goods or services — Likelihood of confusion with the earlier mark — Figurative mark REVARO and word mark RECARO (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 8(1)(b)) (see paras 17, 18, 29, 34, 35, 40, 41)

4.                     Community trade mark — Definition and acquisition of the Community trade mark — Relative grounds for refusal — Opposition by the proprietor of an earlier identical or similar mark registered for identical or similar goods or services — Similarity of the marks concerned — Visual similarity between a figurative mark and a word mark (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 8(1)(b)) (see para. 22)

Re:

ACTION brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 16 May 2012 (Case R 482/2011‑1), concerning opposition proceedings between Recaro Beteiligungs-GmbH and Rudolf Leiner GmbH.

Operative part

The Court:

1. Dismisses the action;

2. Orders Rudolf Leiner GmbH to pay the costs.