Judgment of the General Court of 27 January 2010 - REWE Zentral v OHIM - Grupo Corporativo Teype (Solfrutta)
(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community word mark Solfrutta - Earlier Community word mark FRUTISOL - Relative grounds for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Partial refusal of registration - 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: English
Parties
Applicant: REWE Zentral AG (Cologne, Germany) (represented by: M. Kinkeldey and A. Bognár, lawyers)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: A. Folliard-Monguiral, Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM intervening before the General Court: Grupo Corporativo Teype, SL (Madrid, Spain)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 21 May 2008 (Case R 1679/2007-2) relating to opposition proceedings between Grupo Corporativo Teype, SL and REWE-Zentral AG.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Annuls the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 21 May 2008 (Case R 1679/2007-2);
2. Orders OHIM to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 260 of 11.10.2008.