Judgment of the General Court of 4 March 2015 — FSA v OHIM — Motokit Veículos e Acessórios (FSA K-FORCE)
(Case T-558/13) 1
(Community trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Community word mark FSA K-FORCE — Earlier Community word mark FORCE-X — 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: FSA Srl (Busnago, Italy) (represented by: M. Locatelli and M. Cartella, lawyers)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: G. Schneider, acting as Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Motokit Veículos e Acessórios, SA (Vagos, Portugal)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 5 August 2013 (Case R 436/2012-2), relating to invalidity proceedings between Motokit Veículos e Acessórios, SA and FSA Srl.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Annuls the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 5 August 2013 (Case R 436/2012-2);
Orders OHIM to pay the costs.
________________________1 OJ C 24, 25.1.2014.