Judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 16 May 2013 — Reber v OHIM — Klusmeier (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart PREMIUM)

(Case T‑530/10)

Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart PREMIUM — Earlier national figurative marks W. Amadeus Mozart — No genuine use of the earlier mark — Article 15(1), first subparagraph and second subparagraph (a), and Article 42(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009

1.                     Community trade mark — Observations of third parties and opposition — Examination of the opposition — Proof of use of the earlier mark — Genuine use — Concept — Interpretation having regard to the rationale of Article 42(2) and (3) of Council Regulation No 207/2009 (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 42(2) and (3)) (see para. 27)

2.                     Community trade mark — Observations of third parties and opposition — Examination of the opposition — Proof of use of the earlier mark — Genuine use — Concept — Criteria for assessment (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 42(2) and (3)) (see paras 28-30)

3.                     Community trade mark — Observations of third parties and opposition — Examination of the opposition — Proof of use of the earlier mark — Genuine use — Application of the criteria to the case in question (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 42(2) and (3)) (see para. 31)

4.                     Community trade mark — Observations of third parties and opposition — Examination of the opposition — Proof of use of the earlier mark — Probative value of the evidence — Criteria for assessment (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Arts 42(2) and (3), and 78(1)(f); Commission Regulation No 2868/95, Art. 1, Rule 22(3)) (see para. 36)

Re:

ACTION brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 14 September 2010 (Case R 363/2008‑4), relating to opposition proceedings between Reber Holding GmbH & Co. KG and Ms Anna Klusmeier.

Operative part

The Court:

1. Dismisses the action;

2. Orders Reber Holding GmbH & Co. KG to pay the costs, including the costs necessarily incurred by Mrs Anna Klusmeier for the purpose of the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM).