Judgment of the General Court of 13 November 2012 - tesa v OHIM - Superquímica (tesa TACK)
(Case T-555/11)
(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community figurative mark tesa TACK - Earlier national figurative mark TACK Ceys - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Similarity of the signs - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: tesa SE (Hamburg, Germany) (represented by: F. Schwab, lawyer)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: A. Folliard-Monguiral and Ó. Mondéjar Ortuño, acting as Agents)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervener before the General Court: La Superquímica, SA (L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain) (represented by: A. Canela Giménez, lawyer)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 5 July 2011 (Case R 866/2010-1) relating to opposition proceedings between La Superquímica, SA and tesa SE.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Dismisses the action;
2. Orders tesa SE to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 6, 7.1.2012.