Judgment of the General Court of 24 January 2012 - Indo Internacional v OHIM - Visual (VISUAL MAP)

(Case T-260/08) 

(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community word mark VISUAL MAP - Earlier national word mark VISUAL - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - 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: Indo Internacional, SA (Sant Cugat del Vallès, Spain) (represented: initially by X. Fàbrega Sabaté and M. Curell Aguilà, and subsequently by M. Curell Aguilà and J. Güell Serra, lawyers)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: A. Pohlmann and R. Manea, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Visual SA (Saint-Apollinaire, France)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 15 April 2008 (Case R 700/2007-1), concerning opposition proceedings between Visual SA and Indo Internacional, SA.

Operative part of the judgment

The General Court:

1.    Dismisses the action;

2.    Orders Indo Internacional, SA to pay the costs.

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¹ - OJ C 223, 30.8.2008.